Drop D left-handed scale chart

A# Major Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Major Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Drop D.

A# Major Pentatonic in Drop D tuning gives you the notes A#, C, D, F, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop D leaves most of the neck familiar but changes the bass side immediately, which is especially relevant for left-handed players who use mirrored rhythm charts. This is a useful bridge between right-handed lesson material and lefty charts because the mirrored box still lines up with familiar tab patterns.

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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 2 3 5 6
Tuning E B G D A D
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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4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------1--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--3--------------|
D|------------0--3--------------------|
A|------1--3--------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------1--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--3--------------|
D|------------0--3--------------------|
A|------1--3--------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------6--8--|
B|------------------------6--8--------|
G|------------------5--7--------------|
D|------------5--8--------------------|
A|------5--8--------------------------|
D|5--8--------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------10-13-|
B|------------------------11-13-------|
G|------------------10-12-------------|
D|------------10-12-------------------|
A|------10-13-------------------------|
D|10-12-------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------13-15-|
B|---------------------------13-15-------|
G|---------------------15-17-------------|
D|---------------15-17-------------------|
A|------13-15-17-------------------------|
D|15-17----------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------18-20-22-|
B|------------------------18-20----------|
G|------------------19-22----------------|
D|------------20-22----------------------|
A|------20-22----------------------------|
D|20-22----------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 13 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Major Pentatonic feels clean, vocal and easy to phrase musically and is useful for country fills, melodic pop guitar and easy-to-hear major hooks.

Lefty Translation

Use the chart for the visual map and the tab for the exact picking order when you are adapting standard instructional material.

Practice Cue

Target the root and 6th for singing phrases instead of running the box blindly

Tuning Context

Drop D feels heavier on the low end while staying familiar on the top five strings. It makes low-string riffs and one-finger power movement faster to understand in left-handed view.

Scale Notes
  • A#
  • C
  • D
  • 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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