Open G 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 G.

F Minor Pentatonic in Open G tuning gives you the notes F, G#, A#, C, D# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open G stacks a major chord under the strings, which turns left-handed rhythm and slide ideas into a much more visual game than in standard tuning. 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 D B G D G D
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Open
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
D
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
B
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
G
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
D
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
G
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
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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C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
D
G#
F
D#
C
A#
G#
F
D#
C
B
F
D#
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A#
G#
F
D#
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A#
G#
G
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A#
G#
F
D#
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A#
G#
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D#
D
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D#
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A#
G#
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D#
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A#
G#
G
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A#
G#
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D#
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A#
G#
F
D#
D
Root Note Scale Note

1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

16-20 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------1--3--|
B|------------------------------1--4--------|
G|---------------------1--3--5--------------|
D|---------------1--3-----------------------|
G|------1--3--5-----------------------------|
D|1--3--------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 14 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------1--3--|
B|------------------------------1--4--------|
G|---------------------1--3--5--------------|
D|---------------1--3-----------------------|
G|------1--3--5-----------------------------|
D|1--3--------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 14 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------6--8--|
B|------------------------4--6--------|
G|------------------5--8--------------|
D|------------6--8--------------------|
G|------5--8--------------------------|
D|6--8--------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------13-15-|
B|------------------------------13-16-------|
G|---------------------13-15-17-------------|
D|---------------13-15----------------------|
G|------13-15-17----------------------------|
D|13-15-------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 14 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------18-20-|
B|------------------------16-18-------|
G|------------------17-20-------------|
D|------------18-20-------------------|
G|------17-20-------------------------|
D|18-20-------------------------------|

16-20 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------18-20-22-|
B|------------------------------18-21----------|
G|------------------------20-22----------------|
D|---------------18-20-22----------------------|
G|---------20-22-------------------------------|
D|18-20-22-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 15 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 G feels rootsy, slide-friendly and chord-rich. It makes partial chords, droning harmonies and slide-friendly shapes easier to hear quickly.

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.

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