Open C left-handed scale chart
D Phrygian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Phrygian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open C.
D Phrygian in Open C tuning gives you the notes D, D#, F, G, A, A#, C across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open C gives the guitar a large low register and a broad major framework, which is ideal for cinematic left-handed accompaniment and layered rhythm parts. 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
12-16 frets in mirrored left-handed view
17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------1--3--| C|------------------------------------0--2--3--------| G|---------------------------0--2--3-----------------| C|------------------0--2--3--------------------------| G|---------0--2--3-----------------------------------| C|0--2--3--------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 17 note position run
Position 1 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------1--3--| C|------------------------------------0--2--3--------| G|---------------------------0--2--3-----------------| C|------------------0--2--3--------------------------| G|---------0--2--3-----------------------------------| C|0--2--3--------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 17 note position run
Position 2 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------5--6--8--| C|------------------------------------5--7--9-----------| G|---------------------------5--7--8--------------------| C|------------------5--7--9-----------------------------| G|---------5--7--8--------------------------------------| C|5--7--9-----------------------------------------------|
5-9 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------13-15-| C|------------------------------------12-14-15-------| G|---------------------------12-14-15----------------| C|------------------12-14-15-------------------------| G|---------12-14-15----------------------------------| C|12-14-15-------------------------------------------|
12-16 frets • 17 note position run
Position 4 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------17-18-20-| C|------------------------------------17-19-21----------| G|---------------------------17-19-20-------------------| C|------------------17-19-21----------------------------| G|---------17-19-20-------------------------------------| C|17-19-21----------------------------------------------|
17-21 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------18-20-22-| C|------------------------------------19-21-22----------| G|---------------------------19-20-22-------------------| C|------------------19-21-22----------------------------| G|---------19-20-22-------------------------------------| C|19-21-22----------------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 18 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
Open C feels huge, modern and harmonically rich. It adds width without sacrificing melodic clarity completely.
- 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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