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.
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
3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view
8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
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
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.
- 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.
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