Open E left-handed scale chart

E Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.

E Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes E, G, A, A#, B, D across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open E is big, direct and highly resonant, which suits left-handed players who want open-string power without losing a major tonal centre. 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 E B G# E B E
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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Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------0--3--|
B|---------------------------0--3--------|
G#|------------------1--2--3--------------|
E|------------0--3-----------------------|
B|------0--3-----------------------------|
E|0--3-----------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------0--3--|
B|---------------------------0--3--------|
G#|------------------1--2--3--------------|
E|------------0--3-----------------------|
B|------0--3-----------------------------|
E|0--3-----------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------------3--5--6--7--|
B|------------------------------------3--5--------------|
G#|------------------------------3--6--------------------|
E|------------------3--5--6--7--------------------------|
B|------------3--5--------------------------------------|
E|3--5--6--7--------------------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|---------------------------------------10-12-|
B|---------------------------10----11-12-------|
G#|---------------------11-13----14-------------|
E|---------------10-12-------------------------|
B|------10-11-12-------------------------------|
E|10-12----------------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------------------15-17-18-19-|
B|------------------------------------15-17-------------|
G#|------------------------------15-18-------------------|
E|------------------15-17-18-19-------------------------|
B|------------15-17-------------------------------------|
E|15-17-18-19-------------------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 18 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------------18-19-22-|
B|------------------------------20-22----------|
G#|------------------------18-20----------------|
E|---------------18-19-22----------------------|
B|---------20-22-------------------------------|
E|18-19-22-------------------------------------|

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

Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

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.

Em Minor chord Gm Minor chord Em7 Minor 7 chord E5 Power chord G5 Power chord A5 Power chord D5 Power chord Esus4 Sus4 chord

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Explore More Left-Handed Resources

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.