Open D 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 D.

B Minor Pentatonic in Open D tuning gives you the notes B, D, E, F#, A across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open D spreads a big major sonority across the guitar, which makes both scale mapping and chord design feel more spacious. 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 D A F# D A D
Scale Notes 5 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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0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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12-16 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------0--2--4--|
A|------------------------------0--2-----------|
F#|------------------------0--3-----------------|
D|---------------0--2--4-----------------------|
A|---------0--2--------------------------------|
D|0--2--4--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------0--2--4--|
A|------------------------------0--2-----------|
F#|------------------------0--3-----------------|
D|---------------0--2--4-----------------------|
A|---------0--2--------------------------------|
D|0--2--4--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------4--7--|
A|------------------------5--7--------|
F#|------------------3--5--------------|
D|------------4--7--------------------|
A|------5--7--------------------------|
D|4--7--------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------12-14-16-|
A|------------------------------12-14----------|
F#|------------------------12-15----------------|
D|---------------12-14-16----------------------|
A|---------12-14-------------------------------|
D|12-14-16-------------------------------------|

12-16 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------16-19-|
A|------------------------17-19-------|
F#|------------------15-17-------------|
D|------------16-19-------------------|
A|------17-19-------------------------|
D|16-19-------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------19-21-|
A|------------------------19-21-------|
F#|------------------20-22-------------|
D|------------19-21-------------------|
A|------19-21-------------------------|
D|19-21-------------------------------|

18-22 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 D feels wide, resonant and strong for open voicings. It helps left-handed players connect scale notes to ringing chord fragments.

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.