DADGAD left-handed scale chart
D# Lydian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Lydian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in DADGAD.
D# Lydian in DADGAD tuning gives you the notes D#, F, G, A, A#, C, D across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. DADGAD encourages drones and modal movement, which makes mirrored left-handed charts especially useful because familiar standard shapes stop behaving normally. Use the mirrored map to lock the #4 into your visual memory, especially if your default instinct is to reach for a standard major shape from right-handed material.
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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
16-20 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------0--1--3--| A|---------------------------------0-----1--3-----------| G|---------------------------0--2-----3-----------------| D|------------------0--1--3-----------------------------| A|---------0--1--3--------------------------------------| D|0--1--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------0--1--3--| A|---------------------------------0-----1--3-----------| G|---------------------------0--2-----3-----------------| D|------------------0--1--3-----------------------------| A|---------0--1--3--------------------------------------| D|0--1--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------5--7--8--| A|---------------------------------5-----6--8-----------| G|---------------------------5--7-----8-----------------| D|------------------5--7--8-----------------------------| A|---------5--6--8--------------------------------------| D|5--7--8-----------------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------12-13-15-| A|---------------------------------12----13-15----------| G|---------------------------12-14----15----------------| D|------------------12-13-15----------------------------| A|---------12-13-15-------------------------------------| D|12-13-15----------------------------------------------|
11-15 frets • 18 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------17-19-20-| A|---------------------------------17----18-20----------| G|---------------------------17-19----20----------------| D|------------------17-19-20----------------------------| A|---------17-18-20-------------------------------------| D|17-19-20----------------------------------------------|
16-20 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------19-20-22-| A|---------------------------------18----20-22----------| G|---------------------------19-20----22----------------| D|------------------19-20-22----------------------------| A|---------18-20-22-------------------------------------| D|19-20-22----------------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 18 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Lydian feels bright, suspended and floating and is useful for soundtrack textures, dreamy leads and wide-interval melodies.
The chart mirrors the neck, but the interval formula and tab stay identical to standard notation, so you can compare lessons without confusion.
Feature the #4 early so the mode sounds Lydian rather than plain major
DADGAD feels open, droning and harmonically spacious. It rewards left-handed players who want ringing accompaniment and modal colours.
- D#
- F
- G
- A
- A#
- C
- D
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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