Double Drop D left-handed scale chart

B Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.

B Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes B, D, E, F, F#, A across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.

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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 b5 5 b7
Tuning D B G D A D
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Root Note Scale Note

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

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Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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7-11 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------------0--2--3--4--|
B|------------------------------------0--3--------------|
G|------------------------------2--4--------------------|
D|------------------0--2--3--4--------------------------|
A|------------0--2--------------------------------------|
D|0--2--3--4--------------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 18 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------------0--2--3--4--|
B|------------------------------------0--3--------------|
G|------------------------------2--4--------------------|
D|------------------0--2--3--4--------------------------|
A|------------0--2--------------------------------------|
D|0--2--3--4--------------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 18 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------------7--9--|
B|---------------------------------7--10-------|
G|---------------------7--9--10-11-------------|
D|---------------7--9--------------------------|
A|------7--8--9--------------------------------|
D|7--9-----------------------------------------|

7-11 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------12-14-|
B|---------------------------10-12-------|
G|------------------10-11-14-------------|
D|------------12-14----------------------|
A|------12-14----------------------------|
D|12-14----------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 13 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------------14----15-16-|
B|------------------------------15-17----18-------|
G|------------------------14-16-------------------|
D|---------------14-15-16-------------------------|
A|---------14-17----------------------------------|
D|14-15-16----------------------------------------|

14-18 frets • 16 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|---------------------------------------19-21-|
B|------------------------------18-19-22-------|
G|---------------------19-21-22----------------|
D|---------------19-21-------------------------|
A|------19-20-21-------------------------------|
D|19-21----------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 15 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.

Lefty Translation

The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.

Practice Cue

Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately

Tuning Context

Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.

Scale Notes
  • B
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • F#
  • A

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.

Bm Minor chord Dm Minor chord Bm7 Minor 7 chord B5 Power chord D5 Power chord E5 Power chord A5 Power chord Bsus4 Sus4 chord

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Scale Library Browse the full left-handed scale library by key, scale family and tuning. Chord Library Open mirrored left-handed chord charts with standard tab references and related scales. Tuning Library Move the same chart system into drop tunings and open tunings without losing the workflow. Start With A Core Page Use a popular left-handed default page first, then branch into other keys and tunings. Popular Chord Page Jump into a familiar chord page and compare the mirrored grip box with the standard tab below it.