Open 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 Open C.

C Minor Pentatonic in Open C tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, G, A# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open C gives the guitar a large low register and a broad major framework, which is ideal for cinematic left-handed accompaniment and layered rhythm parts. 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 E C G C G C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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A#
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A#
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D#
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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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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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D#
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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------1--3--|
C|------------------------0--3--------|
G|------------------0--3--------------|
C|------------0--3--------------------|
G|------0--3--------------------------|
C|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------1--3--|
C|------------------------0--3--------|
G|------------------0--3--------------|
C|------------0--3--------------------|
G|------0--3--------------------------|
C|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|---------------------------------------3--6--|
C|------------------------------3--5--7--------|
G|------------------------3--5-----------------|
C|---------------3--5--7-----------------------|
G|---------3--5--------------------------------|
C|3--5--7--------------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------11-13-|
C|------------------------10-12-------|
G|------------------10-12-------------|
C|------------10-12-------------------|
G|------10-12-------------------------|
C|10-12-------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------------15-18-|
C|------------------------------15-17-19-------|
G|------------------------15-17----------------|
C|---------------15-17-19----------------------|
G|---------15-17-------------------------------|
C|15-17-19-------------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------18-20-|
C|------------------------19-22-------|
G|------------------20-22-------------|
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

Open C feels huge, modern and harmonically rich. It adds width without sacrificing melodic clarity completely.

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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