Open E left-handed scale chart

C# Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

C# Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes C#, E, F#, 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. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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G#
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E
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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

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

3-7 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

12-16 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

15-19 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

18-22 frets • 12 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

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#
  • 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.