Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
A# Whole Tone Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Whole Tone scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
A# Whole Tone in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes A#, C, D, E, F#, G# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. The mirrored map is useful here because the pattern repeats so evenly that left-handed players can lose their place when using right-handed diagrams.
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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
3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view
8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 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--4--| A|------------------------------1--3-----------| F|------------------------1--3-----------------| C|---------------0--2--4-----------------------| G|---------1--3--------------------------------| D|0--2--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------0--2--4--| A|------------------------------1--3-----------| F|------------------------1--3-----------------| C|---------------0--2--4-----------------------| G|---------1--3--------------------------------| D|0--2--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------4--6--| A|------------------------------3--5--7--------| F|---------------------3--5--7-----------------| C|---------------4--6--------------------------| G|------3--5--7--------------------------------| D|4--6-----------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 15 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------8--10-12-| A|------------------------------9--11----------| F|------------------------9--11----------------| C|---------------8--10-12----------------------| G|---------9--11-------------------------------| D|8--10-12-------------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------14-16-| A|------------------------------13-15-17-------| F|---------------------13-15-17----------------| C|---------------14-16-------------------------| G|------13-15-17-------------------------------| D|14-16----------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 15 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------------18-20-22-| A|------------------------------19-21----------| F|------------------------19-21----------------| C|---------------18-20-22----------------------| G|---------19-21-------------------------------| D|18-20-22-------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 15 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Whole Tone feels dreamy, ambiguous and slippery and is useful for outside runs, impressionistic colour and tension before resolution.
Even in a symmetrical scale, the tab remains the stable reference layer while the chart mirrors the left-handed neck.
Use short bursts and clear exits because the symmetry removes a strong tonal centre
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- A#
- C
- D
- E
- 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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