Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
D# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
D# Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes D#, F#, G#, A, A#, C# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. 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
8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 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--| A|------------------------------0--1--4--------| F|---------------------1--3--4-----------------| C|---------------1--3--------------------------| G|------1--2--3--------------------------------| D|1--4-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------1--4--| A|------------------------------0--1--4--------| F|---------------------1--3--4-----------------| C|---------------1--3--------------------------| G|------1--2--3--------------------------------| D|1--4-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------4--6--7--8--| A|---------------------------------4--6--------------| F|------------------------4--5--8--------------------| C|------------------6--8-----------------------------| G|------------6--8-----------------------------------| D|4--6--7--8-----------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 17 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------8--11-| A|---------------------------9--11-12-------| F|---------------------8--10----------------| C|------------8--9--10----------------------| G|------8--11-------------------------------| D|8--11-------------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 14 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------13-16-| A|---------------------------------13-16-------| F|---------------------13-15-16-17-------------| C|---------------13-15-------------------------| G|------13-14-15-------------------------------| D|13-16----------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 15 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------18-19-20-| A|---------------------------------18-21----------| F|---------------------------20-22----------------| C|---------------18-20-21-22----------------------| G|---------18-20----------------------------------| 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
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- 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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