Drop C left-handed scale chart

A# Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Drop C.

A# Minor Pentatonic in Drop C tuning gives you the notes A#, C#, D#, 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. 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 D# A# F C G C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
D#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
A#
A#
D#
C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
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G#
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A#
G#
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C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
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D#
C#
A#
G#
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C#
A#
G#
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A#
G#
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D#
C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

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

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C#
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G#
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C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
A#
G#
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G#
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D#
C#
A#
G#
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C#
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G#
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D#
C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
A#
G#
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C#
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G#
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G#
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A#
G#
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Root Note Scale Note

10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D#|------------------------------0--2--|
A#|------------------------0--3--------|
F|------------------0--3--------------|
C|------------1--3--------------------|
G|------1--3--------------------------|
C|1--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D#|------------------------------0--2--|
A#|------------------------0--3--------|
F|------------------0--3--------------|
C|------------1--3--------------------|
G|------1--3--------------------------|
C|1--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D#|---------------------------------5--7--|
A#|------------------------3--5--7--------|
F|------------------3--5-----------------|
C|------------3--5-----------------------|
G|------3--6-----------------------------|
C|3--5-----------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D#|------------------------------10-12-14-|
A#|------------------------10-12----------|
F|------------------10-12----------------|
C|------------10-13----------------------|
G|------10-13----------------------------|
C|10-13----------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 13 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D#|---------------------------------17-19-|
A#|------------------------15-17-19-------|
F|------------------15-17----------------|
C|------------15-17----------------------|
G|------15-18----------------------------|
C|15-17----------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D#|---------------------------------19-22-|
A#|---------------------------19-22-------|
F|---------------------20-22-------------|
C|---------------20-22-------------------|
G|------18-20-22-------------------------|
C|20-22----------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 13 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

Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.

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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