Open E left-handed scale chart

A Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.

A Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open E is big, direct and highly resonant, which suits left-handed players who want open-string power without losing a major tonal centre. The mirrored chart makes box one feel natural to a left-handed eye, which matters because this is often the first scale lefty players learn.

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Charts are mirrored for left-handed players. Standard tablature below stays unchanged because tab does not flip with handedness.

Formula 1 b3 4 5 b7
Tuning E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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11-15 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------0--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G#|------------------1--4--------------|
E|------------0--3--------------------|
B|------1--3--------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------0--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G#|------------------1--4--------------|
E|------------0--3--------------------|
B|------1--3--------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------3--5--|
B|------------------------3--5--------|
G#|------------------4--6--------------|
E|------------3--5--------------------|
B|------3--5--------------------------|
E|3--5--------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------12-15-|
B|------------------------13-15-------|
G#|------------------11-13-------------|
E|------------12-15-------------------|
B|------13-15-------------------------|
E|12-15-------------------------------|

11-15 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------15-17-|
B|------------------------15-17-------|
G#|------------------16-18-------------|
E|------------15-17-------------------|
B|------15-17-------------------------|
E|15-17-------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------20-22-|
B|------------------------20-22-------|
G#|------------------18-20-------------|
E|------------20-22-------------------|
B|------20-22-------------------------|
E|20-22-------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 12 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

When a right-handed teacher says start on the sixth string, go to the far-right string in this chart and keep the tab as your note-order reference.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

Tuning Context

Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

Scale Notes
  • A
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • G

Next Step

Matching Left-Handed Chords

These chord pages use the same tuning and key centre so you can move straight from a scale chart into left-handed rhythm work.

Am Minor chord Am7 Minor 7 chord A5 Power chord C5 Power chord D5 Power chord G5 Power chord Asus4 Sus4 chord Dsus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

Explore More Left-Handed Resources

Scale Library Browse the full left-handed scale library by key, scale family and tuning. Chord Library Open mirrored left-handed chord charts with standard tab references and related scales. Tuning Library Move the same chart system into drop tunings and open tunings without losing the workflow. Start With A Core Page Use a popular left-handed default page first, then branch into other keys and tunings. Popular Chord Page Jump into a familiar chord page and compare the mirrored grip box with the standard tab below it.