Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
C Melodic Minor Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Melodic Minor scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
C Melodic Minor in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes C, D, D#, F, G, A, B 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. This page gives left-handed players a clean visual anchor for a scale that is already conceptually demanding, especially when adapting from right-handed jazz lessons.
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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|---------------------------------------------0-----1--3--| B|------------------------------------0--1--3-----4--------| G|---------------------------0--2--4-----------------------| D|------------------0--1--3--------------------------------| A|---------0--2--3-----------------------------------------| D|0--1--3--------------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 19 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------0-----1--3--| B|------------------------------------0--1--3-----4--------| G|---------------------------0--2--4-----------------------| D|------------------0--1--3--------------------------------| A|---------0--2--3-----------------------------------------| D|0--1--3--------------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 19 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------3--5--7--| B|------------------------------------3--4--6-----------| G|---------------------------4--5--7--------------------| D|------------------3--5--7-----------------------------| A|---------3--5--6--------------------------------------| D|3--5--7-----------------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------------12-13-15-| B|---------------------------------12-13-15----------| G|---------------------------12-14-------------------| D|------------------12-13-15-------------------------| A|---------12-14-15----------------------------------| D|12-13-15-------------------------------------------|
11-15 frets • 17 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------13-15-17-| B|------------------------------------13-15-16----------| G|---------------------------14-16-17-------------------| D|------------------13-15-17----------------------------| A|---------14-15-17-------------------------------------| D|13-15-17----------------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------19-21-22-| B|------------------------------------18-20-22----------| G|---------------------------19-20-22-------------------| D|------------------19-21-22----------------------------| A|---------18-20-22-------------------------------------| D|19-21-22----------------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 18 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Melodic Minor feels minor but polished, modern and flexible and is useful for fusion lines, altered harmony and advanced melodic colour.
The fretboard is mirrored for left-handed reading, but the interval spelling and tab remain standard, which keeps lesson translation manageable.
Contrast the b3 with the natural 6th and 7th so the mode sounds intentional
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
- D#
- F
- G
- A
- B
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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