Drop C left-handed scale chart
D# Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Drop C.
D# Minor Pentatonic in Drop C tuning gives you the notes D#, F#, G#, A#, C# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop C changes the whole guitar feel and emphasises the bass side, which is exactly where left-handed players usually need better visual references than mainstream sites provide. 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
3-7 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#|------------------------------0--3--| A#|------------------------0--3--------| F|------------------1--3--------------| C|------------1--3--------------------| G|------1--3--------------------------| C|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D#|------------------------------0--3--| A#|------------------------0--3--------| F|------------------1--3--------------| C|------------1--3--------------------| G|------1--3--------------------------| C|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D#|------------------------------3--5--7--| A#|------------------------3--5-----------| F|------------------3--5-----------------| C|------------3--6-----------------------| G|------3--6-----------------------------| C|3--6-----------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 13 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D#|---------------------------------10-12-| A#|------------------------8--10-12-------| F|------------------8--10----------------| C|------------8--10----------------------| G|------8--11----------------------------| C|8--10----------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 13 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D#|---------------------------------15-17-| A#|---------------------------15-17-------| F|------------------13-15-17-------------| C|------------13-15----------------------| G|------13-15----------------------------| C|13-15----------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 13 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D#|------------------------------------19-22-| A#|------------------------------20-22-------| F|------------------------20-22-------------| C|---------------18-20-22-------------------| G|---------18-20----------------------------| C|18-20-22----------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 14 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
Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.
- 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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