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#, A, B, 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. 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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C#
B
A
F#
E
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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C#
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F#
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C#
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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--2--------|
G#|------------------1--3--------------|
E|------------0--2--------------------|
B|------0--2--------------------------|
E|0--2--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

5-9 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

12-16 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

17-21 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

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#
  • 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.