Open E left-handed scale chart
D Phrygian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Phrygian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.
D Phrygian in Open E tuning gives you the notes D, D#, F, G, A, 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. 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.
1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view
4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
16-20 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--5--| B|------------------------------------1--3--4-----------| G#|---------------------------1--2--4--------------------| E|------------------1--3--5-----------------------------| B|---------1--3--4--------------------------------------| E|1--3--5-----------------------------------------------|
1-5 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------1--3--5--| B|------------------------------------1--3--4-----------| G#|---------------------------1--2--4--------------------| E|------------------1--3--5-----------------------------| B|---------1--3--4--------------------------------------| E|1--3--5-----------------------------------------------|
1-5 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------5--6--8--| B|------------------------------------4--6--8-----------| G#|---------------------------4--6--7--------------------| E|------------------5--6--8-----------------------------| B|---------4--6--8--------------------------------------| E|5--6--8-----------------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------13-15-17-| B|------------------------------------13-15-16----------| G#|---------------------------13-14-16-------------------| E|------------------13-15-17----------------------------| B|---------13-15-16-------------------------------------| E|13-15-17----------------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 18 note position run
Position 4 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------17-18-20-| B|------------------------------------16-18-20----------| G#|---------------------------16-18-19-------------------| E|------------------17-18-20----------------------------| B|---------16-18-20-------------------------------------| E|17-18-20----------------------------------------------|
16-20 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
E|---------------------------------------------18-20-22-| B|------------------------------------18-20-22----------| G#|---------------------------18-19-21-------------------| E|------------------18-20-22----------------------------| B|---------18-20-22-------------------------------------| E|18-20-22----------------------------------------------|
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 E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.
- 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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