Open E left-handed scale chart

E Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

E Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes E, G, 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. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 5 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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3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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10-14 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--3--------------|
E|------------0--3--------------------|
B|------0--3--------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

3-7 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

10-14 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

15-19 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

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

Scale Notes
  • E
  • G
  • 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 Em7 Minor 7 chord E5 Power chord G5 Power chord A5 Power chord D5 Power chord Esus4 Sus4 chord Asus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

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.