Open E left-handed scale chart

F# Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

F# Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes F#, A, B, C, C#, E 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. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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

5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

12-16 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

17-21 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|---------------------------------------0--2--|
B|---------------------------0-----1--2--------|
G#|---------------------1--3-----4--------------|
E|---------------0--2--------------------------|
B|------0--1--2--------------------------------|
E|0--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------------0--2--|
B|---------------------------0-----1--2--------|
G#|---------------------1--3-----4--------------|
E|---------------0--2--------------------------|
B|------0--1--2--------------------------------|
E|0--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------------5--7--8--9--|
B|------------------------------------5--7--------------|
G#|------------------------------5--8--------------------|
E|------------------5--7--8--9--------------------------|
B|------------5--7--------------------------------------|
E|5--7--8--9--------------------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|---------------------------------------12-14-|
B|---------------------------12----13-14-------|
G#|---------------------13-15----16-------------|
E|---------------12-14-------------------------|
B|------12-13-14-------------------------------|
E|12-14----------------------------------------|

12-16 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|------------------------------------------17-19-20-21-|
B|------------------------------------17-19-------------|
G#|------------------------------17-20-------------------|
E|------------------17-19-20-21-------------------------|
B|------------17-19-------------------------------------|
E|17-19-20-21-------------------------------------------|

17-21 frets • 18 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------------19-20-21-|
B|------------------------------19-22----------|
G#|------------------------20-22----------------|
E|---------------19-20-21----------------------|
B|---------19-22-------------------------------|
E|19-20-21-------------------------------------|

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

Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

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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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.