Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
C Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
C Minor Pentatonic in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes C, D#, F, G, A# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. 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
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|------------------------------1--3--| A|------------------------1--3--------| F|------------------0--2--------------| C|------------0--3--------------------| G|------0--3--------------------------| D|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------1--3--| A|------------------------1--3--------| F|------------------0--2--------------| C|------------0--3--------------------| G|------0--3--------------------------| D|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------3--5--| A|---------------------------3--6--------| F|---------------------5--7--------------| C|------------3--5--7--------------------| G|------3--5-----------------------------| D|3--5-----------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 13 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------10-13-| A|---------------------------10-13-------| F|------------------10-12-14-------------| C|------------10-12----------------------| G|------10-12----------------------------| D|10-13----------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 13 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------15-17-| A|---------------------------15-18-------| F|---------------------17-19-------------| C|------------15-17-19-------------------| G|------15-17----------------------------| D|15-17----------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 13 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------20-22-| A|------------------------18-20-22-------| F|------------------19-22----------------| C|------------19-22----------------------| G|------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
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- 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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