Drop C left-handed scale chart
D Phrygian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Phrygian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Drop C.
D Phrygian in Drop C tuning gives you the notes D, D#, F, G, A, A#, C across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop C changes the whole guitar feel and emphasises the bass side, which is exactly where left-handed players usually need better visual references than mainstream sites provide. Left-handed players often over-read shapes and under-hear tension notes, so use the mirrored chart to locate the b2 and then sing it against the root.
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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
5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view
9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view
14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------0--2--4--| A#|------------------------------------0--2--4-----------| F|---------------------------0--2--4--------------------| C|------------------0--2--3-----------------------------| G|---------0--2--3--------------------------------------| C|0--2--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------0--2--4--| A#|------------------------------------0--2--4-----------| F|---------------------------0--2--4--------------------| C|------------------0--2--3-----------------------------| G|---------0--2--3--------------------------------------| C|0--2--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------6--7--9--| A#|------------------------------------5--7--9-----------| F|---------------------------5--7--9--------------------| C|------------------5--7--9-----------------------------| G|---------5--7--8--------------------------------------| C|5--7--9-----------------------------------------------|
5-9 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D#|------------------------------------------9--11-12-| A#|---------------------------------9--11-12----------| F|------------------------9--10-12-------------------| C|---------------9--10-12----------------------------| G|---------10-12-------------------------------------| C|9--10-12-------------------------------------------|
9-13 frets • 17 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D#|---------------------------------------------14-16-18-| A#|------------------------------------14-16-17----------| F|---------------------------14-16-17-------------------| C|------------------14-15-17----------------------------| G|---------14-15-17-------------------------------------| C|14-15-17----------------------------------------------|
14-18 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D#|------------------------------------------18-19-21-| A#|------------------------------------19-21----------| F|---------------------------19-21-22----------------| C|------------------19-21-22-------------------------| G|---------19-20-22----------------------------------| C|19-21-22-------------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 17 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Phrygian feels dark, compressed and exotic and is useful for metal riffs, Spanish flavours and tense pedal-point writing.
Mainstream right-handed diagrams often hide the real character note in an awkward corner; the mirrored version on this page keeps that translation direct.
Keep returning to the b2 against the root so the mode identity stays strong
Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.
- D
- D#
- F
- G
- A
- 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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