Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
D# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
D# Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes D#, F#, G#, A, A#, C# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.
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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
4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view
11-15 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|------------------------------------1--4--| B|------------------------------2--4--------| G|---------------------1--2--3--------------| D|---------------1--4-----------------------| A|------0--1--4-----------------------------| D|1--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 14 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------1--4--| B|------------------------------2--4--------| G|---------------------1--2--3--------------| D|---------------1--4-----------------------| A|------0--1--4-----------------------------| D|1--4--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 14 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------------4--6--7--8--| B|------------------------------------4--7--------------| G|------------------------------6--8--------------------| D|------------------4--6--7--8--------------------------| A|------------4--6--------------------------------------| D|4--6--7--8--------------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------11-13-| B|---------------------------------11-14-------| G|---------------------11-13-14-15-------------| D|---------------11-13-------------------------| A|------11-12-13-------------------------------| D|11-13----------------------------------------|
11-15 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------16-18-| B|---------------------------14-16-------| G|------------------14-15-18-------------| D|------------16-18----------------------| A|------16-18----------------------------| D|16-18----------------------------------|
14-18 frets • 13 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------------18----19-20-| B|------------------------------19-21----22-------| G|------------------------18-20-------------------| D|---------------18-19-20-------------------------| A|---------18-21----------------------------------| D|18-19-20----------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 16 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.
- 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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