Drop D 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 D.
C Minor Pentatonic in Drop D tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, G, A# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop D leaves most of the neck familiar but changes the bass side immediately, which is especially relevant for left-handed players who use mirrored rhythm 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.
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
8-12 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
E|------------------------------1--3--| B|------------------------1--4--------| G|------------------0--3--------------| D|------------1--3--------------------| A|------1--3--------------------------| D|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 1 Tab
E|------------------------------1--3--| B|------------------------1--4--------| G|------------------0--3--------------| D|------------1--3--------------------| A|------1--3--------------------------| D|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 2 Tab
E|------------------------------3--6--| B|------------------------4--6--------| G|------------------3--5--------------| D|------------3--5--------------------| A|------3--6--------------------------| D|3--5--------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 12 note position run
Position 3 Tab
E|---------------------------------8--11-| B|---------------------------8--11-------| G|------------------8--10-12-------------| D|------------8--10----------------------| A|------8--10----------------------------| D|8--10----------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 13 note position run
Position 4 Tab
E|------------------------------------13-15-| B|------------------------------13-16-------| G|------------------------15-17-------------| D|---------------13-15-17-------------------| A|---------13-15----------------------------| D|13-15-17----------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 14 note position run
Position 5 Tab
E|---------------------------------18-20-| B|---------------------------18-20-------| G|---------------------20-22-------------| D|---------------20-22-------------------| A|------18-20-22-------------------------| D|20-22----------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 13 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 D feels heavier on the low end while staying familiar on the top five strings. It makes low-string riffs and one-finger power movement faster to understand in left-handed view.
- 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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