Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
C Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
C Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, F#, G, 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.
Primary Chart
Scale View
Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.
0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view
3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view
11-15 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--3--4--| B|------------------------------1--4-----------| G|------------------------0--3-----------------| D|---------------1--3--4-----------------------| A|---------1--3--------------------------------| D|1--3--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--3--4--| B|------------------------------1--4-----------| G|------------------------0--3-----------------| D|---------------1--3--4-----------------------| A|---------1--3--------------------------------| D|1--3--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------3-----4--5--| B|------------------------------4--6-----7--------| G|------------------------3--5--------------------| D|---------------3--4--5--------------------------| A|---------3--6-----------------------------------| D|3--4--5-----------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 16 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------13-15-| B|---------------------------11-13-------| G|------------------11-12-15-------------| D|------------13-15----------------------| A|------13-15----------------------------| D|13-15----------------------------------|
11-15 frets • 13 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|------------------------------------------13-15-16-17-| B|------------------------------------13-16-------------| G|------------------------------15-17-------------------| D|------------------13-15-16-17-------------------------| A|------------13-15-------------------------------------| D|13-15-16-17-------------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------20-22-| B|------------------------------18-19-20-------| G|------------------------20-22----------------| D|------------------20-22----------------------| A|------18-20-21-22----------------------------| D|20-22----------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 15 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
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.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
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.
- C
- D#
- F
- F#
- G
- 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.
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