Open C left-handed scale chart

B Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open C.

B Minor Pentatonic in Open C tuning gives you the notes B, D, E, F#, A across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open C gives the guitar a large low register and a broad major framework, which is ideal for cinematic left-handed accompaniment and layered rhythm parts. The mirrored chart makes box one feel natural to a left-handed eye, which matters because this is often the first scale lefty players learn.

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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 5 b7
Tuning E C G C G C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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B
A
F#
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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

2-6 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

5-9 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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Root Note Scale Note

14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------------2--5--|
C|------------------------------2--4--6--------|
G|------------------------2--4-----------------|
C|---------------2--4--6-----------------------|
G|---------2--4--------------------------------|
C|2--4--6--------------------------------------|

2-6 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------------2--5--|
C|------------------------------2--4--6--------|
G|------------------------2--4-----------------|
C|---------------2--4--6-----------------------|
G|---------2--4--------------------------------|
C|2--4--6--------------------------------------|

2-6 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------5--7--|
C|------------------------6--9--------|
G|------------------7--9--------------|
C|------------6--9--------------------|
G|------7--9--------------------------|
C|6--9--------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------10-12-|
C|------------------------9--11-------|
G|------------------9--11-------------|
C|------------9--11-------------------|
G|------9--11-------------------------|
C|9--11-------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------------14-17-|
C|------------------------------14-16-18-------|
G|------------------------14-16----------------|
C|---------------14-16-18----------------------|
G|---------14-16-------------------------------|
C|14-16-18-------------------------------------|

14-18 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------17-19-|
C|------------------------18-21-------|
G|------------------19-21-------------|
C|------------18-21-------------------|
G|------19-21-------------------------|
C|18-21-------------------------------|

17-21 frets • 12 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

When a right-handed teacher says start on the sixth string, go to the far-right string in this chart and keep the tab as your note-order reference.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

Tuning Context

Open C feels huge, modern and harmonically rich. It adds width without sacrificing melodic clarity completely.

Scale Notes
  • B
  • D
  • E
  • 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 Bm7 Minor 7 chord B5 Power chord D5 Power chord E5 Power chord A5 Power chord Bsus4 Sus4 chord Esus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

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.