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#, A, B, C#, E 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.

Formula 1 b3 4 5 b7
Tuning E B G D A D
Scale Notes 5 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

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

9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

14-18 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--2--------|
G|---------------------2--4--------------|
D|---------------2--4--------------------|
A|------0--2--4--------------------------|
D|2--4-----------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------0--2--|
B|---------------------------0--2--------|
G|---------------------2--4--------------|
D|---------------2--4--------------------|
A|------0--2--4--------------------------|
D|2--4-----------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 13 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------5--7--9--|
B|------------------------5--7-----------|
G|------------------6--9-----------------|
D|------------7--9-----------------------|
A|------7--9-----------------------------|
D|7--9-----------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

9-13 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------14-17-|
B|---------------------------14-17-------|
G|------------------14-16-18-------------|
D|------------14-16----------------------|
A|------14-16----------------------------|
D|14-16----------------------------------|

14-18 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

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

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.

Scale Notes
  • F#
  • A
  • B
  • 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 F#m7 Minor 7 chord F#5 Power chord A5 Power chord B5 Power chord E5 Power chord F#sus4 Sus4 chord Bsus4 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.