Open E left-handed scale chart

D Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

D Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes D, F, 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. 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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Root Note Scale Note

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

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1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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16-20 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

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

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

4-8 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

13-17 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

16-20 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

18-22 frets • 14 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
  • D
  • F
  • 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 Dm7 Minor 7 chord D5 Power chord F5 Power chord G5 Power chord C5 Power chord Dsus4 Sus4 chord Gsus4 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.