Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart

B Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.

B Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes B, D, E, F, F#, A 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. 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 A F C G 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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4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

9-13 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--|
A|---------------------------------0--2--------------|
F|------------------------0--1--4--------------------|
C|------------------2--4-----------------------------|
G|------------2--4-----------------------------------|
D|0--2--3--4-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 17 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------0--2--3--4--|
A|---------------------------------0--2--------------|
F|------------------------0--1--4--------------------|
C|------------------2--4-----------------------------|
G|------------2--4-----------------------------------|
D|0--2--3--4-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 17 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------------4--7--|
A|---------------------------5--7--8--------|
F|---------------------4--6-----------------|
C|------------4--5--6-----------------------|
G|------4--7--------------------------------|
D|4--7--------------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 14 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------------9--12-|
A|---------------------------------9--12-------|
F|---------------------9--11-12-13-------------|
C|---------------9--11-------------------------|
G|------9--10-11-------------------------------|
D|9--12----------------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------------14-15-16-|
A|---------------------------------14-17----------|
F|---------------------------16-18----------------|
C|---------------14-16-17-18----------------------|
G|---------14-16----------------------------------|
D|14-15-16----------------------------------------|

14-18 frets • 16 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------19-21-|
A|---------------------------19-20-21-------|
F|---------------------18-21----------------|
C|---------------18-21----------------------|
G|------19-21-22----------------------------|
D|19-21-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 14 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

Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.

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.