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#, A, B, C#, E 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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A
F#
E
C#
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F#
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D
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F#
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C#
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C#
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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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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

17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

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

2-6 frets • 14 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

2-6 frets • 14 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

5-9 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

9-13 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

14-18 frets • 14 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

17-21 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 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#
  • 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.