Open 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 Open D.
D# Minor Pentatonic in Open D tuning gives you the notes D#, F#, G#, A#, C# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open D spreads a big major sonority across the guitar, which makes both scale mapping and chord design feel more spacious. 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
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|---------------------------------1--4--| A|---------------------------1--4--------| F#|------------------0--2--4--------------| D|------------1--4-----------------------| A|------1--4-----------------------------| D|1--4-----------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 13 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------1--4--| A|---------------------------1--4--------| F#|------------------0--2--4--------------| D|------------1--4-----------------------| A|------1--4-----------------------------| D|1--4-----------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 13 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------4--6--8--| A|------------------------------4--6-----------| F#|------------------------4--7-----------------| D|---------------4--6--8-----------------------| A|---------4--6--------------------------------| D|4--6--8--------------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 15 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------11-13-| A|------------------------11-13-------| F#|------------------12-14-------------| D|------------11-13-------------------| A|------11-13-------------------------| D|11-13-------------------------------|
11-15 frets • 12 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|------------------------------------16-18-20-| A|------------------------------16-18----------| F#|------------------------16-19----------------| D|---------------16-18-20----------------------| A|---------16-18-------------------------------| D|16-18-20-------------------------------------|
16-20 frets • 15 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------18-20-| A|------------------------18-21-------| F#|------------------19-21-------------| 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
Open D feels wide, resonant and strong for open voicings. It helps left-handed players connect scale notes to ringing chord fragments.
- 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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