Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart

F Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.

F Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes F, G#, A#, B, C, 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.

Formula 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Tuning D A F C G D
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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B
A#
G#
F
D#
D
F
D#
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B
A#
G#
F
D#
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A#
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D#
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A#
G#
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D#
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A#
G#
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A#
G#
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D#
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A#
G#
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D#
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D#
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A#
G#
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D#
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A#
G#
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B
A#
G#
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D#
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A#
G#
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D#
D
Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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A#
G#
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D#
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G#
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D#
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D#
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G#
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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#
D
Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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B
A#
G#
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D#
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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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D#
D
Root Note Scale Note

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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B
A#
G#
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D#
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G#
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D#
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D#
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D#
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Root Note Scale Note

8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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B
A#
G#
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D#
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G#
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D#
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D#
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G#
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D#
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D#
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Root Note Scale Note

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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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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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------1--3--|
A|---------------------------1--2--3--------|
F|---------------------0--3-----------------|
C|---------------0--3-----------------------|
G|------1--3--4-----------------------------|
D|1--3--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 14 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------1--3--|
A|---------------------------1--2--3--------|
F|---------------------0--3-----------------|
C|---------------0--3-----------------------|
G|------1--3--4-----------------------------|
D|1--3--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 14 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------------3--6--|
A|---------------------------------3--6--------|
F|---------------------3--5--6--7--------------|
C|---------------3--5--------------------------|
G|------3--4--5--------------------------------|
D|3--6-----------------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------------8--9--10-|
A|---------------------------------8--11----------|
F|---------------------------10-12----------------|
C|---------------8--10-11-12----------------------|
G|---------8--10----------------------------------|
D|8--9--10----------------------------------------|

8-12 frets • 16 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------------13-15-|
A|------------------------------13-14-15-------|
F|------------------------15-17----------------|
C|------------------15-17----------------------|
G|------13-15-16-17----------------------------|
D|13-15----------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|---------------------------------------18-20-21-22-|
A|---------------------------------18-20-------------|
F|------------------------18-19-22-------------------|
C|------------------20-22----------------------------|
G|------------20-22----------------------------------|
D|18-20-21-22----------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 17 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

Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.

Scale Notes
  • F
  • G#
  • A#
  • B
  • C
  • D#

Next Step

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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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