Open E left-handed scale chart
A# Phrygian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Phrygian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.
A# Phrygian in Open E tuning gives you the notes A#, B, C#, D#, F, 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. 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
4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view
9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view
12-16 frets in mirrored left-handed view
16-20 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------1--2--4--| B|------------------------------------0--2--4-----------| G#|---------------------------0--2--3--------------------| E|------------------1--2--4-----------------------------| B|---------0--2--4--------------------------------------| E|1--2--4-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------1--2--4--| B|------------------------------------0--2--4-----------| G#|---------------------------0--2--3--------------------| E|------------------1--2--4-----------------------------| B|---------0--2--4--------------------------------------| E|1--2--4-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
E|------------------------------------------4--6--7--| B|---------------------------------4--6--7-----------| G#|---------------------------5--7--------------------| E|------------------4--6--7--------------------------| B|---------4--6--7-----------------------------------| E|4--6--7--------------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 17 note position run
Position 3 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------9--11-13-| B|------------------------------------9--11-12----------| G#|---------------------------9--10-12-------------------| E|------------------9--11-13----------------------------| B|---------9--11-12-------------------------------------| E|9--11-13----------------------------------------------|
9-13 frets • 18 note position run
Position 4 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------13-14-16-| B|------------------------------------12-14-16----------| G#|---------------------------12-14-15-------------------| E|------------------13-14-16----------------------------| B|---------12-14-16-------------------------------------| E|13-14-16----------------------------------------------|
12-16 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
E|------------------------------------------16-18-19-| B|---------------------------------16-18-19----------| G#|---------------------------17-19-------------------| E|------------------16-18-19-------------------------| B|---------16-18-19----------------------------------| E|16-18-19-------------------------------------------|
16-20 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
Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.
- 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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