Open E left-handed scale chart

B Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.

B Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes B, D, E, F, F#, A 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. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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D
B
A
F#
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E
D
B
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F#
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E
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F#
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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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Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------0--1--2--|
B|------------------------------0--3-----------|
G#|------------------------1--3-----------------|
E|---------------0--1--2-----------------------|
B|---------0--3--------------------------------|
E|0--1--2--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------0--1--2--|
B|------------------------------0--3-----------|
G#|------------------------1--3-----------------|
E|---------------0--1--2-----------------------|
B|---------0--3--------------------------------|
E|0--1--2--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------1--2--5--|
B|------------------------------3--5-----------|
G#|------------------------1--3-----------------|
E|---------------1--2--5-----------------------|
B|---------3--5--------------------------------|
E|1--2--5--------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------------10-12-13-14-|
B|------------------------------------10-12-------------|
G#|------------------------------10-13-------------------|
E|------------------10-12-13-14-------------------------|
B|------------10-12-------------------------------------|
E|10-12-13-14-------------------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 18 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------------13-14-17-|
B|------------------------------15-17----------|
G#|------------------------13-15----------------|
E|---------------13-14-17----------------------|
B|---------15-17-------------------------------|
E|13-14-17-------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|---------------------------------------17-19-|
B|---------------------------17----18-19-------|
G#|---------------------18-20----21-------------|
E|---------------17-19-------------------------|
B|------17-18-19-------------------------------|
E|17-19----------------------------------------|

17-21 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

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

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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Explore More Left-Handed Resources

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.