Double Drop D left-handed scale chart

F Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

F Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes F, G#, A#, B, C, 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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B
A#
G#
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D#
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D#
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D#
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D#
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D#
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G#
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D#
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G#
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D#
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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

1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

6-10 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

16-20 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------1--3--|
B|---------------------------------1--4--------|
G|---------------------1--3--4--5--------------|
D|---------------1--3--------------------------|
A|------1--2--3--------------------------------|
D|1--3-----------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------1--3--|
B|---------------------------------1--4--------|
G|---------------------1--3--4--5--------------|
D|---------------1--3--------------------------|
A|------1--2--3--------------------------------|
D|1--3-----------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------------------6--8--9--10-|
B|------------------------------------6--9--------------|
G|------------------------------8--10-------------------|
D|------------------6--8--9--10-------------------------|
A|------------6--8--------------------------------------|
D|6--8--9--10-------------------------------------------|

6-10 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------8-----9--10-|
B|------------------------------9--11----12-------|
G|------------------------8--10-------------------|
D|---------------8--9--10-------------------------|
A|---------8--11----------------------------------|
D|8--9--10----------------------------------------|

8-12 frets • 16 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------18-20-|
B|---------------------------16-18-------|
G|------------------16-17-20-------------|
D|------------18-20----------------------|
A|------18-20----------------------------|
D|18-20----------------------------------|

16-20 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------------18-20-21-22-|
B|------------------------------------18-21-------------|
G|------------------------------20-22-------------------|
D|------------------18-20-21-22-------------------------|
A|------------18-20-------------------------------------|
D|18-20-21-22-------------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 18 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
  • F
  • G#
  • A#
  • B
  • C
  • 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.

Fm Minor chord G#m Minor chord Fm7 Minor 7 chord F5 Power chord G#5 Power chord A#5 Power chord D#5 Power chord Fsus4 Sus4 chord

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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.