Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
G Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
G Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes G, A#, C, C#, D, F across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. 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.
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
6-10 frets in mirrored left-handed view
8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view
15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------0--3--| B|---------------------------1--2--3--------| G|---------------------0--3-----------------| D|---------------0--3-----------------------| A|------1--3--4-----------------------------| D|0--3--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 14 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------------0--3--| B|---------------------------1--2--3--------| G|---------------------0--3-----------------| D|---------------0--3-----------------------| A|------1--3--4-----------------------------| D|0--3--------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 14 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------8--10-| B|---------------------------6--8--------| G|------------------6--7--10-------------| D|------------8--10----------------------| A|------8--10----------------------------| D|8--10----------------------------------|
6-10 frets • 13 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------------8--10-11-12-| B|------------------------------------8--11-------------| G|------------------------------10-12-------------------| D|------------------8--10-11-12-------------------------| A|------------8--10-------------------------------------| D|8--10-11-12-------------------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 18 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------15-17-| B|---------------------------------15-18-------| G|---------------------15-17-18-19-------------| D|---------------15-17-------------------------| A|------15-16-17-------------------------------| D|15-17----------------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 15 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------20-22-| B|---------------------------18-20-------| G|------------------18-19-22-------------| D|------------20-22----------------------| A|------20-22----------------------------| D|20-22----------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 13 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
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.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.
- G
- A#
- C
- C#
- D
- F
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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