Drop C left-handed scale chart
A# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Drop C.
A# Blues in Drop C tuning gives you the notes A#, C#, D#, E, F, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop C changes the whole guitar feel and emphasises the bass side, which is exactly where left-handed players usually need better visual references than mainstream sites provide. 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
3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view
10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view
15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D#|------------------------------------0--1--2--| A#|------------------------------0--3-----------| F|------------------------0--3-----------------| C|---------------1--3--4-----------------------| G|---------1--3--------------------------------| C|1--3--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D#|------------------------------------0--1--2--| A#|------------------------------0--3-----------| F|------------------------0--3-----------------| C|---------------1--3--4-----------------------| G|---------1--3--------------------------------| C|1--3--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D#|------------------------------------------5--7--| A#|------------------------------3--5--6--7--------| F|------------------------3--5--------------------| C|---------------3--4--5--------------------------| G|---------3--6-----------------------------------| C|3--4--5-----------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 16 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D#|---------------------------------10-12-13-14-| A#|---------------------------10-12-------------| F|------------------10-11-12-------------------| C|------------10-13----------------------------| G|------10-13----------------------------------| C|10-13----------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D#|------------------------------------------17-19-| A#|------------------------------15-17-18-19-------| F|------------------------15-17-------------------| C|---------------15-16-17-------------------------| G|---------15-18----------------------------------| C|15-16-17----------------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 16 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------19-22-| A#|------------------------------18-19-22-------| F|------------------------20-22----------------| C|------------------20-22----------------------| G|------18-20-21-22----------------------------| C|20-22----------------------------------------|
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
Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.
- 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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