Open E left-handed scale chart

F Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

F Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes F, G#, A#, B, C, 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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Open
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B
A#
G#
F
D#
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A#
G#
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G#
F
D#
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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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G#
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D#
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G#
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E
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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Root Note Scale Note

4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

11-15 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

E|------------------------------------------1--4--|
B|------------------------------0-----1--4--------|
G#|---------------------0--2--3-----4--------------|
E|---------------1--4-----------------------------|
B|------0--1--4-----------------------------------|
E|1--4--------------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 16 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------------1--4--|
B|------------------------------0-----1--4--------|
G#|---------------------0--2--3-----4--------------|
E|---------------1--4-----------------------------|
B|------0--1--4-----------------------------------|
E|1--4--------------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 16 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------------4--6--7--8--|
B|------------------------------------4--6--------------|
G#|------------------------------4--7--------------------|
E|------------------4--6--7--8--------------------------|
B|------------4--6--------------------------------------|
E|4--6--7--8--------------------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|---------------------------------------11-13-|
B|---------------------------11----12-13-------|
G#|---------------------12-14----15-------------|
E|---------------11-13-------------------------|
B|------11-12-13-------------------------------|
E|11-13----------------------------------------|

11-15 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------------------16-18-19-20-|
B|------------------------------------16-18-------------|
G#|------------------------------16-19-------------------|
E|------------------16-18-19-20-------------------------|
B|------------16-18-------------------------------------|
E|16-18-19-20-------------------------------------------|

16-20 frets • 18 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------------18-19-20-|
B|------------------------------18-21----------|
G#|------------------------19-21----------------|
E|---------------18-19-20----------------------|
B|---------18-21-------------------------------|
E|18-19-20-------------------------------------|

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
  • 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.