Open E left-handed scale chart

D Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

D Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes D, F, G, G#, A, C 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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C
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C
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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

1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

16-20 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|------------------------------------------1--3--4--5--|
B|------------------------------------1--3--------------|
G#|------------------------------1--4--------------------|
E|------------------1--3--4--5--------------------------|
B|------------1--3--------------------------------------|
E|1--3--4--5--------------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 18 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------------1--3--4--5--|
B|------------------------------------1--3--------------|
G#|------------------------------1--4--------------------|
E|------------------1--3--4--5--------------------------|
B|------------1--3--------------------------------------|
E|1--3--4--5--------------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 18 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------4--5--8--|
B|------------------------------6--8-----------|
G#|------------------------4--6-----------------|
E|---------------4--5--8-----------------------|
B|---------6--8--------------------------------|
E|4--5--8--------------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------------13-15-16-17-|
B|------------------------------------13-15-------------|
G#|------------------------------13-16-------------------|
E|------------------13-15-16-17-------------------------|
B|------------13-15-------------------------------------|
E|13-15-16-17-------------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 18 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------------16-17-20-|
B|------------------------------18-20----------|
G#|------------------------16-18----------------|
E|---------------16-17-20----------------------|
B|---------18-20-------------------------------|
E|16-17-20-------------------------------------|

16-20 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------------------20-22-|
B|------------------------------18-20-21-22-------|
G#|------------------------18-21-------------------|
E|------------------20-22-------------------------|
B|------18-20-21-22-------------------------------|
E|20-22-------------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 16 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
  • 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.

Dm Minor chord Fm Minor chord Dm7 Minor 7 chord D5 Power chord F5 Power chord G5 Power chord C5 Power chord Dsus4 Sus4 chord

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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.