Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
D# Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
D# Minor Pentatonic in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes D#, F#, G#, 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. The mirrored chart makes box one feel natural to a left-handed eye, which matters because this is often the first scale lefty players learn.
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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--3--------------| D|------------1--4--------------------| A|------1--4--------------------------| D|1--4--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------1--4--| B|------------------------2--4--------| G|------------------1--3--------------| D|------------1--4--------------------| A|------1--4--------------------------| D|1--4--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------4--6--8--| B|------------------------------4--7-----------| G|------------------------6--8-----------------| D|---------------4--6--8-----------------------| A|---------4--6--------------------------------| D|4--6--8--------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 15 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------11-13-| B|---------------------------11-14-------| G|------------------11-13-15-------------| D|------------11-13----------------------| A|------11-13----------------------------| D|11-13----------------------------------|
11-15 frets • 13 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|------------------------------16-18-| B|------------------------14-16-------| G|------------------15-18-------------| D|------------16-18-------------------| A|------16-18-------------------------| D|16-18-------------------------------|
14-18 frets • 12 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------18-20-| B|------------------------19-21-------| G|------------------18-20-------------| D|------------18-20-------------------| A|------18-21-------------------------| D|18-20-------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 12 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.
When a right-handed teacher says start on the sixth string, go to the far-right string in this chart and keep the tab as your note-order reference.
Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone
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#
- 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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