Open E left-handed scale chart

C# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.

C# Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes C#, E, F#, G, G#, B across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open E is big, direct and highly resonant, which suits left-handed players who want open-string power without losing a major tonal centre. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.

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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 b5 5 b7
Tuning E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Open
C#
B
G#
G
F#
E
C#
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G#
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F#
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E
G#
G
F#
E
C#
B
G#
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F#
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C#
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F#
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G#
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F#
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C#
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G#
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F#
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C#
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G#
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F#
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F#
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F#
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G#
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F#
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C#
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G#
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F#
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E
Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

12-16 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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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------------0--2--3--4--|
B|------------------------------------0--2--------------|
G#|------------------------------0--3--------------------|
E|------------------0--2--3--4--------------------------|
B|------------0--2--------------------------------------|
E|0--2--3--4--------------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 18 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------------0--2--3--4--|
B|------------------------------------0--2--------------|
G#|------------------------------0--3--------------------|
E|------------------0--2--3--4--------------------------|
B|------------0--2--------------------------------------|
E|0--2--3--4--------------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 18 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------3--4--7--|
B|------------------------------5--7-----------|
G#|------------------------3--5-----------------|
E|---------------3--4--7-----------------------|
B|---------5--7--------------------------------|
E|3--4--7--------------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------------12-14-15-16-|
B|------------------------------------12-14-------------|
G#|------------------------------12-15-------------------|
E|------------------12-14-15-16-------------------------|
B|------------12-14-------------------------------------|
E|12-14-15-16-------------------------------------------|

12-16 frets • 18 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------------15-16-19-|
B|------------------------------17-19----------|
G#|------------------------15-17----------------|
E|---------------15-16-19----------------------|
B|---------17-19-------------------------------|
E|15-16-19-------------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------------19-21-|
B|---------------------------19-20-21-------|
G#|---------------------20-22----------------|
E|---------------19-21----------------------|
B|------19-20-21----------------------------|
E|19-21-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 14 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.

Lefty Translation

The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.

Practice Cue

Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately

Tuning Context

Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

Scale Notes
  • C#
  • E
  • F#
  • G
  • G#
  • B

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.

C#m Minor chord Em Minor chord C#m7 Minor 7 chord C#5 Power chord E5 Power chord F#5 Power chord B5 Power chord C#sus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

Explore More Left-Handed Resources

Scale Library Browse the full left-handed scale library by key, scale family and tuning. Chord Library Open mirrored left-handed chord charts with standard tab references and related scales. Tuning Library Move the same chart system into drop tunings and open tunings without losing the workflow. Start With A Core Page Use a popular left-handed default page first, then branch into other keys and tunings. Popular Chord Page Jump into a familiar chord page and compare the mirrored grip box with the standard tab below it.