Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
A# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
A# Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes A#, C#, D#, E, F, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. 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
8-12 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--| A|------------------------------1--4-----------| F|------------------------0--3-----------------| C|---------------1--3--4-----------------------| G|---------1--3--------------------------------| D|1--2--3--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--2--3--| A|------------------------------1--4-----------| F|------------------------0--3-----------------| C|---------------1--3--4-----------------------| G|---------1--3--------------------------------| D|1--2--3--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------3--6--| A|---------------------------4--6--7--------| F|---------------------3--5-----------------| C|------------3--4--5-----------------------| G|------3--6--------------------------------| D|3--6--------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 14 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------8--11-| A|---------------------------------8--11-------| F|---------------------8--10-11-12-------------| C|---------------8--10-------------------------| G|------8--9--10-------------------------------| D|8--11----------------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------13-14-15-| A|---------------------------------13-16----------| F|---------------------------15-17----------------| C|---------------13-15-16-17----------------------| G|---------13-15----------------------------------| D|13-14-15----------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 16 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------18-20-| A|------------------------------18-19-20-------| F|------------------------20-22----------------| C|------------------20-22----------------------| G|------18-20-21-22----------------------------| 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
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- 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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