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.
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
5-9 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#|------------------------------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
Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.
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.
Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone
Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.
- 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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