Drop C left-handed scale chart

C Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

C Minor Pentatonic in Drop C tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, G, A# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop C changes the whole guitar feel and emphasises the bass side, which is exactly where left-handed players usually need better visual references than mainstream sites provide. 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 C G C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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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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D#
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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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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

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

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

5-9 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

10-14 frets • 13 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

15-19 frets • 14 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.

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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