Drop 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 Drop C.

C# Minor Pentatonic in Drop C tuning gives you the notes C#, E, F#, G#, B across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop C changes the whole guitar feel and emphasises the bass side, which is exactly where left-handed players usually need better visual references than mainstream sites provide. 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 D# A# F C G C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Root Note Scale Note

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

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0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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13-17 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

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

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

4-8 frets • 14 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

8-12 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

13-17 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.

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.

C#m 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 F#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.