C Standard left-handed scale chart

C Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

C Minor Pentatonic in C Standard tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, G, A# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. C Standard lowers the whole guitar while keeping interval relationships intact, which is useful for heavy left-handed players who still want logical mirrored charts. 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 C G D# A# F C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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A#
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F
D#
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A#
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D#
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D#
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A#
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D#
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A#
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A#
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D#
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A#
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A#
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A#
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A#
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A#
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A#
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D#
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A#
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D#
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C
Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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A#
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Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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A#
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A#
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Root Note Scale Note

5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 2 Tab

C|---------------------------------5--7--|
G|---------------------------5--8--------|
D#|---------------------7--9--------------|
A#|------------5--7--9--------------------|
F|------5--7-----------------------------|
C|5--7-----------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

C|---------------------------------10-12-|
G|---------------------------10-12-------|
D#|---------------------12-14-------------|
A#|---------------12-14-------------------|
F|------10-12-14-------------------------|
C|10-12----------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 13 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

15-19 frets • 14 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

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

C Standard feels low, thick and heavy without dropping interval logic. It keeps the same shape logic while delivering a heavier voice.

Scale Notes
  • C
  • D#
  • 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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