Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
D Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
D Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes D, F, G, G#, A, C across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. 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.
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
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------0--3--| B|---------------------------1--3--------| G|------------------0--1--2--------------| D|------------0--3-----------------------| A|------0--3-----------------------------| D|0--3-----------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 13 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------0--3--| B|---------------------------1--3--------| G|------------------0--1--2--------------| D|------------0--3-----------------------| A|------0--3-----------------------------| D|0--3-----------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 13 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------------3--5--6--7--| B|------------------------------------3--6--------------| G|------------------------------5--7--------------------| D|------------------3--5--6--7--------------------------| A|------------3--5--------------------------------------| D|3--5--6--7--------------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------10-12-| B|---------------------------------10-13-------| G|---------------------10-12-13-14-------------| D|---------------10-12-------------------------| A|------10-11-12-------------------------------| D|10-12----------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------15-17-| B|---------------------------13-15-------| G|------------------13-14-17-------------| D|------------15-17----------------------| A|------15-17----------------------------| D|15-17----------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 13 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------------17----18-19-| B|------------------------------18-20----21-------| G|------------------------17-19-------------------| D|---------------17-18-19-------------------------| A|---------17-20----------------------------------| D|17-18-19----------------------------------------|
17-21 frets • 16 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
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.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.
- D
- F
- G
- G#
- A
- C
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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