Half Step Down left-handed scale chart
A# Phrygian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Phrygian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Half Step Down.
A# Phrygian in Half Step Down tuning gives you the notes A#, B, C#, D#, F, F#, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Half step down preserves standard geometry while lowering the overall pitch, which makes it a comfortable next step for left-handed players adapting shapes from common lesson material. Left-handed players often over-read shapes and under-hear tension notes, so use the mirrored chart to locate the b2 and then sing it against the root.
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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
5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view
10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view
14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------0--2--3--| A#|------------------------------------0--1--3-----------| F#|---------------------------0--2--4--------------------| C#|------------------0--2--4-----------------------------| G#|---------0--2--3--------------------------------------| D#|0--2--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------0--2--3--| A#|------------------------------------0--1--3-----------| F#|---------------------------0--2--4--------------------| C#|------------------0--2--4-----------------------------| G#|---------0--2--3--------------------------------------| D#|0--2--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------5--7--8--| A#|------------------------------------5--7--8-----------| F#|---------------------------5--7--9--------------------| C#|------------------5--7--9-----------------------------| G#|---------5--7--9--------------------------------------| D#|5--7--8-----------------------------------------------|
5-9 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------10-12-14-| A#|------------------------------------10-12-13----------| F#|---------------------------11-12-14-------------------| C#|------------------10-12-14----------------------------| G#|---------10-12-14-------------------------------------| D#|10-12-14----------------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 18 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D#|------------------------------------------14-15-17-| A#|------------------------------------15-17----------| F#|---------------------------14-16-17----------------| C#|------------------14-16-17-------------------------| G#|---------14-15-17----------------------------------| D#|14-15-17-------------------------------------------|
14-18 frets • 17 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D#|------------------------------------------19-20-22-| A#|---------------------------------19-20-22----------| F#|---------------------------19-21-------------------| C#|------------------19-21-22-------------------------| G#|---------19-21-22----------------------------------| D#|19-20-22-------------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 17 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Phrygian feels dark, compressed and exotic and is useful for metal riffs, Spanish flavours and tense pedal-point writing.
Mainstream right-handed diagrams often hide the real character note in an awkward corner; the mirrored version on this page keeps that translation direct.
Keep returning to the b2 against the root so the mode identity stays strong
Half Step Down feels familiar but slightly darker and looser. It keeps your lefty chart recognition intact while changing the feel under both hands.
- A#
- B
- C#
- D#
- F
- 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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