C Standard left-handed scale chart

C# Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in C Standard.

C# Minor Pentatonic in C Standard tuning gives you the notes C#, E, F#, G#, B across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. C Standard lowers the whole guitar while keeping interval relationships intact, which is useful for heavy left-handed players who still want logical mirrored 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.

Formula 1 b3 4 5 b7
Tuning C G D# A# F C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
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C#
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C#
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C#
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C#
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F#
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C#
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C#
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F#
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C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
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C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

C|------------------------------1--4--|
G|------------------------1--4--------|
D#|------------------1--3--------------|
A#|------------1--3--------------------|
F|------1--3--------------------------|
C|1--4--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

C|------------------------------1--4--|
G|------------------------1--4--------|
D#|------------------1--3--------------|
A#|------------1--3--------------------|
F|------1--3--------------------------|
C|1--4--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

C|---------------------------------4--6--8--|
G|---------------------------4--6-----------|
D#|---------------------5--8-----------------|
A#|---------------6--8-----------------------|
F|---------6--8-----------------------------|
C|4--6--8-----------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 14 note position run

Position 3 Tab

C|------------------------------8--11-|
G|------------------------9--11-------|
D#|------------------8--10-------------|
A#|------------8--10-------------------|
F|------8--11-------------------------|
C|8--11-------------------------------|

8-12 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

C|---------------------------------13-16-|
G|---------------------------13-16-------|
D#|------------------13-15-17-------------|
A#|------------13-15----------------------|
F|------13-15----------------------------|
C|13-16----------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

C|---------------------------------18-20-|
G|---------------------------18-21-------|
D#|---------------------20-22-------------|
A#|------------18-20-22-------------------|
F|------18-20----------------------------|
C|18-20----------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 13 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

C Standard feels low, thick and heavy without dropping interval logic. It keeps the same shape logic while delivering a heavier voice.

Scale Notes
  • C#
  • E
  • F#
  • 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.

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