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.

Formula 1 b3 4 5 b7
Tuning D# A# F C G C
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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C#
A#
G#
F#
D#
C#
A#
G#
F#
D#
D#
G#
F#
D#
C#
A#
G#
F#
D#
C#
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D#
C#
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D#
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D#
C#
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F#
D#
C#
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C#
A#
G#
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D#
C#
A#
G#
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A#
G#
F#
D#
C#
A#
G#
F#
D#
C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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C#
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C
Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
A#
G#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
C#
C
Root Note Scale Note

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
A#
G#
F#
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C#
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Root Note Scale Note

8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
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G#
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C#
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G#
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G#
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Root Note Scale Note

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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G#
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C#
A#
G#
F#
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C
Root Note Scale Note

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

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

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.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

Tuning Context

Drop C feels dense, aggressive and built for modern heavy rhythm guitar. It pushes mirrored riff shapes into a heavier, more modern register.

Scale Notes
  • 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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