Open G 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 G.

D# Minor Pentatonic in Open G tuning gives you the notes D#, F#, G#, A#, C# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open G stacks a major chord under the strings, which turns left-handed rhythm and slide ideas into a much more visual game than in standard tuning. 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 B G D G D
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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

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

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

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

2-6 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

11-15 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

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--------------------|
G|------1--3--------------------------|
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--------------------|
G|------1--3--------------------------|
D|1--4--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------4--6--|
B|------------------------2--4--------|
G|------------------3--6--------------|
D|------------4--6--------------------|
G|------3--6--------------------------|
D|4--6--------------------------------|

2-6 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------11-13-|
B|------------------------------11-14-------|
G|---------------------11-13-15-------------|
D|---------------11-13----------------------|
G|------11-13-15----------------------------|
D|11-13-------------------------------------|

11-15 frets • 14 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------16-18-|
B|------------------------14-16-------|
G|------------------15-18-------------|
D|------------16-18-------------------|
G|------15-18-------------------------|
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-------------------|
G|------18-20-------------------------|
D|18-20-------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 12 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

Open G feels rootsy, slide-friendly and chord-rich. It makes partial chords, droning harmonies and slide-friendly shapes easier to hear quickly.

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.

Library

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