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.

Formula 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Tuning D B G D A D
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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C
A#
G
F
D
C#
C
A#
G
F
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D
G
F
D
C#
C
A#
G
F
D
C#
C
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F
D
C#
C
A#
G
F
D
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A#
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C
A#
G
F
D
C#
C
A#
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F
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G
F
D
C#
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A#
G
F
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C#
C
A#
A
C
A#
G
F
D
C#
C
A#
G
F
D
D
Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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A#
G
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A#
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A#
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A#
G
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D
Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C
A#
G
F
D
C#
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A#
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F
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A#
G
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A#
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D
Root Note Scale Note

6-10 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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A#
G
F
D
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A#
G
F
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F
D
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A#
G
F
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C#
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A#
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A#
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Root Note Scale Note

8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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A#
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A#
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Root Note Scale Note

15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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A#
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Root Note Scale Note

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

Overview

Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.

Lefty Translation

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.

Practice Cue

Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately

Tuning Context

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.

Scale Notes
  • 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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