Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
C Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
C Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, F#, G, 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.
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
10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view
15-19 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--| A|------------------------------1--3-----------| F|---------------------0--1--2-----------------| C|---------------0--3--------------------------| G|---------0--3--------------------------------| D|1--3--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--3--4--| A|------------------------------1--3-----------| F|---------------------0--1--2-----------------| C|---------------0--3--------------------------| G|---------0--3--------------------------------| D|1--3--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------3--4--5--| A|---------------------------------3--6-----------| F|---------------------------5--7-----------------| C|---------------3--5--6--7-----------------------| G|---------3--5-----------------------------------| D|3--4--5-----------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 16 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------10-13-| A|---------------------------------10-13-------| F|---------------------10-12-13-14-------------| C|---------------10-12-------------------------| G|------10-11-12-------------------------------| D|10-13----------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------15-16-17-| A|---------------------------------15-18----------| F|---------------------------17-19----------------| C|---------------15-17-18-19----------------------| G|---------15-17----------------------------------| D|15-16-17----------------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 16 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------20-22-| A|---------------------------18-20-21-22-------| F|---------------------19-22-------------------| C|------------18-19-22-------------------------| G|------20-22----------------------------------| 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
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- 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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