Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
E Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
E Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes E, G, A, A#, B, D across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. 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.
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
5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view
9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view
14-18 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------0--2--| A|------------------------------0--1--2--------| F|------------------------2--4-----------------| C|------------------2--4-----------------------| G|------0--2--3--4-----------------------------| D|0--2-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------0--2--| A|------------------------------0--1--2--------| F|------------------------2--4-----------------| C|------------------2--4-----------------------| G|------0--2--3--4-----------------------------| D|0--2-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------5--7--8--9--| A|---------------------------------5--7--------------| F|------------------------5--6--9--------------------| C|------------------7--9-----------------------------| G|------------7--9-----------------------------------| D|5--7--8--9-----------------------------------------|
5-9 frets • 17 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------9--12-| A|---------------------------10-12-13-------| F|---------------------9--11----------------| C|------------9--10-11----------------------| G|------9--12-------------------------------| D|9--12-------------------------------------|
9-13 frets • 14 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------14-17-| A|---------------------------------14-17-------| F|---------------------14-16-17-18-------------| C|---------------14-16-------------------------| G|------14-15-16-------------------------------| D|14-17----------------------------------------|
14-18 frets • 15 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------------19-20-21-| A|------------------------------19-22----------| F|------------------------18-21----------------| C|---------------19-21-22----------------------| G|---------19-21-------------------------------| D|19-20-21-------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 15 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
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.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- 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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