Double Drop D left-handed scale chart

F# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.

F# Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes F#, A, B, C, C#, E across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. 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 B G D A D
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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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

2-6 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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7-11 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------2--4--|
B|---------------------------------2--5--------|
G|---------------------2--4--5--6--------------|
D|---------------2--4--------------------------|
A|------2--3--4--------------------------------|
D|2--4-----------------------------------------|

2-6 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|---------------------------------------2--4--|
B|---------------------------------2--5--------|
G|---------------------2--4--5--6--------------|
D|---------------2--4--------------------------|
A|------2--3--4--------------------------------|
D|2--4-----------------------------------------|

2-6 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------------------7--9--10-11-|
B|------------------------------------7--10-------------|
G|------------------------------9--11-------------------|
D|------------------7--9--10-11-------------------------|
A|------------7--9--------------------------------------|
D|7--9--10-11-------------------------------------------|

7-11 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------9-----10-11-|
B|------------------------------10-12----13-------|
G|------------------------9--11-------------------|
D|---------------9--10-11-------------------------|
A|---------9--12----------------------------------|
D|9--10-11----------------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 16 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------19-21-|
B|---------------------------17-19-------|
G|------------------17-18-21-------------|
D|------------19-21----------------------|
A|------19-21----------------------------|
D|19-21----------------------------------|

17-21 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------19-21-22-|
B|------------------------------19-22----------|
G|------------------------18-21----------------|
D|---------------19-21-22----------------------|
A|---------19-21-------------------------------|
D|19-21-22-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 15 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

Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.

Scale Notes
  • F#
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • C#
  • E

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.

F#m Minor chord Am Minor chord F#m7 Minor 7 chord F#5 Power chord A5 Power chord B5 Power chord E5 Power chord F#sus4 Sus4 chord

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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.