Open G 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 G.

D Minor Pentatonic in Open G tuning gives you the notes D, F, G, A, C across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open G stacks a major chord under the strings, which turns left-handed rhythm and slide ideas into a much more visual game than in standard tuning. 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 B G D G D
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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1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

10-14 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

17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--3--------------------|
G|------0--2--------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--3--------------------|
G|------0--2--------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------3--5--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------2--5--------------|
D|------------3--5--------------------|
G|------2--5--------------------------|
D|3--5--------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------10-12-|
B|------------------------------10-13-------|
G|---------------------10-12-14-------------|
D|---------------10-12----------------------|
G|------10-12-14----------------------------|
D|10-12-------------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 14 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------15-17-|
B|------------------------13-15-------|
G|------------------14-17-------------|
D|------------15-17-------------------|
G|------14-17-------------------------|
D|15-17-------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------17-19-|
B|------------------------18-20-------|
G|------------------17-19-------------|
D|------------17-19-------------------|
G|------17-19-------------------------|
D|17-19-------------------------------|

17-21 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 G feels rootsy, slide-friendly and chord-rich. It makes partial chords, droning harmonies and slide-friendly shapes easier to hear quickly.

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.

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