Open C left-handed scale chart
C Phrygian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Phrygian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open C.
C Phrygian in Open C tuning gives you the notes C, C#, D#, F, G, 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. Left-handed players often over-read shapes and under-hear tension notes, so use the mirrored chart to locate the b2 and then sing it against the root.
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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
E|---------------------------------------------1--3--4--| C|------------------------------------0--1--3-----------| G|---------------------------0--1--3--------------------| C|------------------0--1--3-----------------------------| G|---------0--1--3--------------------------------------| C|0--1--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------1--3--4--| C|------------------------------------0--1--3-----------| G|---------------------------0--1--3--------------------| C|------------------0--1--3-----------------------------| G|---------0--1--3--------------------------------------| C|0--1--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------3--4--6--| C|------------------------------------3--5--7-----------| G|---------------------------3--5--6--------------------| C|------------------3--5--7-----------------------------| G|---------3--5--6--------------------------------------| C|3--5--7-----------------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------11-13-| C|------------------------------------10-12-13-------| G|---------------------------10-12-13----------------| C|------------------10-12-13-------------------------| G|---------10-12-13----------------------------------| C|10-12-13-------------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 17 note position run
Position 4 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------15-16-18-| C|------------------------------------15-17-19----------| G|---------------------------15-17-18-------------------| C|------------------15-17-19----------------------------| G|---------15-17-18-------------------------------------| C|15-17-19----------------------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------18-20-21-| C|------------------------------------19-20-22----------| G|---------------------------18-20-22-------------------| C|------------------19-20-22----------------------------| G|---------18-20-22-------------------------------------| C|19-20-22----------------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 18 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Phrygian feels dark, compressed and exotic and is useful for metal riffs, Spanish flavours and tense pedal-point writing.
Mainstream right-handed diagrams often hide the real character note in an awkward corner; the mirrored version on this page keeps that translation direct.
Keep returning to the b2 against the root so the mode identity stays strong
Open C feels huge, modern and harmonically rich. It adds width without sacrificing melodic clarity completely.
- C
- C#
- D#
- F
- G
- 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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