Drop D left-handed scale chart
F Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Drop D.
F Minor Pentatonic in Drop D tuning gives you the notes F, G#, A#, C, D# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop D leaves most of the neck familiar but changes the bass side immediately, which is especially relevant for left-handed players who use mirrored rhythm charts. 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.
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
4-8 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
E|------------------------------1--4--| B|------------------------1--4--------| G|------------------1--3--------------| D|------------1--3--------------------| A|------1--3--------------------------| D|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 1 Tab
E|------------------------------1--4--| B|------------------------1--4--------| G|------------------1--3--------------| D|------------1--3--------------------| A|------1--3--------------------------| D|1--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 2 Tab
E|------------------------------4--6--8--| B|------------------------4--6-----------| G|------------------5--8-----------------| D|------------6--8-----------------------| A|------6--8-----------------------------| D|6--8-----------------------------------|
4-8 frets • 13 note position run
Position 3 Tab
E|------------------------------8--11-| B|------------------------9--11-------| G|------------------8--10-------------| D|------------8--10-------------------| A|------8--11-------------------------| D|8--10-------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 12 note position run
Position 4 Tab
E|---------------------------------13-16-| B|---------------------------13-16-------| G|------------------13-15-17-------------| D|------------13-15----------------------| A|------13-15----------------------------| D|13-15----------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 13 note position run
Position 5 Tab
E|------------------------------------18-20-| B|------------------------------18-21-------| G|------------------------20-22-------------| D|---------------18-20-22-------------------| A|---------18-20----------------------------| D|18-20-22----------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 14 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.
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.
Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone
Drop D feels heavier on the low end while staying familiar on the top five strings. It makes low-string riffs and one-finger power movement faster to understand in left-handed view.
- F
- G#
- A#
- 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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