Open E left-handed scale chart

F Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

F Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes F, G#, A#, 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. 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.

Formula 1 b3 4 5 b7
Tuning E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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A#
G#
F
D#
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G#
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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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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

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

4-8 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

11-15 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

16-20 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

18-22 frets • 12 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

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.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

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#
  • 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 Fm7 Minor 7 chord F5 Power chord G#5 Power chord A#5 Power chord D#5 Power chord Fsus4 Sus4 chord A#sus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

Explore More Left-Handed Resources

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.