Double Drop D left-handed scale chart

E Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.

E Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes E, G, A, A#, B, D 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. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.

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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 b5 5 b7
Tuning D B G D A D
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Root Note Scale Note

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

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0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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12-16 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------0--2--|
B|---------------------------------0--3--------|
G|---------------------0--2--3--4--------------|
D|---------------0--2--------------------------|
A|------0--1--2--------------------------------|
D|0--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------0--2--|
B|---------------------------------0--3--------|
G|---------------------0--2--3--4--------------|
D|---------------0--2--------------------------|
A|------0--1--2--------------------------------|
D|0--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------------------5--7--8--9--|
B|------------------------------------5--8--------------|
G|------------------------------7--9--------------------|
D|------------------5--7--8--9--------------------------|
A|------------5--7--------------------------------------|
D|5--7--8--9--------------------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------------12-14-|
B|---------------------------------12-15-------|
G|---------------------12-14-15-16-------------|
D|---------------12-14-------------------------|
A|------12-13-14-------------------------------|
D|12-14----------------------------------------|

12-16 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------17-19-|
B|---------------------------15-17-------|
G|------------------15-16-19-------------|
D|------------17-19----------------------|
A|------17-19----------------------------|
D|17-19----------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------19-20-21-|
B|------------------------------20-22----------|
G|------------------------19-21----------------|
D|---------------19-20-21----------------------|
A|---------19-22-------------------------------|
D|19-20-21-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 15 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.

Lefty Translation

The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.

Practice Cue

Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately

Tuning Context

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.

Scale Notes
  • E
  • G
  • A
  • A#
  • B
  • D

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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Scale Library Browse the full left-handed scale library by key, scale family and tuning. Chord Library Open mirrored left-handed chord charts with standard tab references and related scales. Tuning Library Move the same chart system into drop tunings and open tunings without losing the workflow. Start With A Core Page Use a popular left-handed default page first, then branch into other keys and tunings. Popular Chord Page Jump into a familiar chord page and compare the mirrored grip box with the standard tab below it.