Open D left-handed scale chart

A# Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open D.

A# Minor Pentatonic in Open D tuning gives you the notes A#, C#, D#, F, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open D spreads a big major sonority across the guitar, which makes both scale mapping and chord design feel more spacious. 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# D A D
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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

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

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

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

2-6 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

11-15 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------1--3--|
A|------------------------1--4--------|
F#|------------------2--4--------------|
D|------------1--3--------------------|
A|------1--4--------------------------|
D|1--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------1--3--|
A|------------------------1--4--------|
F#|------------------2--4--------------|
D|------------1--3--------------------|
A|------1--4--------------------------|
D|1--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------3--6--|
A|------------------------4--6--------|
F#|------------------2--4--------------|
D|------------3--6--------------------|
A|------4--6--------------------------|
D|3--6--------------------------------|

2-6 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------11-13-15-|
A|------------------------------11-13----------|
F#|------------------------11-14----------------|
D|---------------11-13-15----------------------|
A|---------11-13-------------------------------|
D|11-13-15-------------------------------------|

11-15 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------15-18-|
A|------------------------16-18-------|
F#|------------------14-16-------------|
D|------------15-18-------------------|
A|------16-18-------------------------|
D|15-18-------------------------------|

14-18 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------18-20-|
A|------------------------18-20-------|
F#|------------------19-21-------------|
D|------------18-20-------------------|
A|------18-20-------------------------|
D|18-20-------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 12 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

Open D feels wide, resonant and strong for open voicings. It helps left-handed players connect scale notes to ringing chord fragments.

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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