Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
F Whole Tone Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Whole Tone scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
F Whole Tone in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes F, G, A, B, C#, D# across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. The mirrored map is useful here because the pattern repeats so evenly that left-handed players can lose their place when using right-handed diagrams.
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Charts are mirrored for left-handed players. Standard tablature below stays unchanged because tab does not flip with handedness.
Primary Chart
Scale View
Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.
0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view
3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view
8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------1--3--| A|------------------------------0--2--4--------| F|---------------------0--2--4-----------------| C|---------------1--3--------------------------| G|------0--2--4--------------------------------| D|1--3-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------1--3--| A|------------------------------0--2--4--------| F|---------------------0--2--4-----------------| C|---------------1--3--------------------------| G|------0--2--4--------------------------------| D|1--3-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------------3--5--7--| A|------------------------------4--6-----------| F|------------------------4--6-----------------| C|---------------3--5--7-----------------------| G|---------4--6--------------------------------| D|3--5--7--------------------------------------|
3-7 frets • 15 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------9--11-| A|------------------------------8--10-12-------| F|---------------------8--10-12----------------| C|---------------9--11-------------------------| G|------8--10-12-------------------------------| D|9--11----------------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|------------------------------------13-15-17-| A|------------------------------14-16----------| F|------------------------14-16----------------| C|---------------13-15-17----------------------| G|---------14-16-------------------------------| D|13-15-17-------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 15 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------19-21-| A|------------------------------18-20-22-------| F|---------------------18-20-22----------------| C|---------------19-21-------------------------| G|------18-20-22-------------------------------| D|19-21----------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 15 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Whole Tone feels dreamy, ambiguous and slippery and is useful for outside runs, impressionistic colour and tension before resolution.
Even in a symmetrical scale, the tab remains the stable reference layer while the chart mirrors the left-handed neck.
Use short bursts and clear exits because the symmetry removes a strong tonal centre
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- F
- G
- A
- B
- C#
- D#
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.
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