Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
A# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
A# Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes A#, C#, D#, E, F, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.
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Charts are mirrored for left-handed players. Standard tablature below stays unchanged because tab does not flip with handedness.
Primary Chart
Scale View
Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.
0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view
6-10 frets in mirrored left-handed view
9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--2--3--| B|------------------------------2--4-----------| G|------------------------1--3-----------------| D|---------------1--2--3-----------------------| A|---------1--4--------------------------------| D|1--2--3--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--2--3--| B|------------------------------2--4-----------| G|------------------------1--3-----------------| D|---------------1--2--3-----------------------| A|---------1--4--------------------------------| D|1--2--3--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------6--8--| B|---------------------------------6--9--------| G|---------------------6--8--9--10-------------| D|---------------6--8--------------------------| A|------6--7--8--------------------------------| D|6--8-----------------------------------------|
6-10 frets • 15 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------11-13-| B|---------------------------9--11-------| G|------------------9--10-13-------------| D|------------11-13----------------------| A|------11-13----------------------------| D|11-13----------------------------------|
9-13 frets • 13 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|------------------------------------13----14-15-| B|------------------------------14-16----17-------| G|------------------------13-15-------------------| D|---------------13-14-15-------------------------| A|---------13-16----------------------------------| D|13-14-15----------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 16 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------18-20-| B|---------------------------------18-21-------| G|---------------------18-20-21-22-------------| D|---------------18-20-------------------------| A|------18-19-20-------------------------------| D|18-20----------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 15 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.
- A#
- C#
- D#
- E
- F
- 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.
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