Open E 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 E.

A# Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes A#, C#, D#, F, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open E is big, direct and highly resonant, which suits left-handed players who want open-string power without losing a major tonal centre. 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 E B G# E B E
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
E
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
B
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
G#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
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G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
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C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
E
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#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
E
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
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F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
G#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
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G#
F
D#
C#
A#
G#
F
D#
C#
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C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
A#
G#
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E
Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

12-16 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

16-20 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------1--4--|
B|------------------------2--4--------|
G#|------------------0--2--------------|
E|------------1--4--------------------|
B|------2--4--------------------------|
E|1--4--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------1--4--|
B|------------------------2--4--------|
G#|------------------0--2--------------|
E|------------1--4--------------------|
B|------2--4--------------------------|
E|1--4--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------4--6--|
B|------------------------4--6--------|
G#|------------------5--7--------------|
E|------------4--6--------------------|
B|------4--6--------------------------|
E|4--6--------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------9--11-13-|
B|------------------------------9--11----------|
G#|------------------------9--12----------------|
E|---------------9--11-13----------------------|
B|---------9--11-------------------------------|
E|9--11-13-------------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------13-16-|
B|------------------------14-16-------|
G#|------------------12-14-------------|
E|------------13-16-------------------|
B|------14-16-------------------------|
E|13-16-------------------------------|

12-16 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------16-18-|
B|------------------------16-18-------|
G#|------------------17-19-------------|
E|------------16-18-------------------|
B|------16-18-------------------------|
E|16-18-------------------------------|

16-20 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 E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

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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