Open E left-handed scale chart

G Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.

G Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes G, A#, C, C#, D, F 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. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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

1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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C#
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A#
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E
Root Note Scale Note

6-10 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

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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E
Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------------1--3--|
B|---------------------------1-----2--3--------|
G#|---------------------2--4-----5--------------|
E|---------------1--3--------------------------|
B|------1--2--3--------------------------------|
E|1--3-----------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|---------------------------------------1--3--|
B|---------------------------1-----2--3--------|
G#|---------------------2--4-----5--------------|
E|---------------1--3--------------------------|
B|------1--2--3--------------------------------|
E|1--3-----------------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|------------------------------------------6--8--9--10-|
B|------------------------------------6--8--------------|
G#|------------------------------6--9--------------------|
E|------------------6--8--9--10-------------------------|
B|------------6--8--------------------------------------|
E|6--8--9--10-------------------------------------------|

6-10 frets • 18 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------9--10-13-|
B|------------------------------11-13----------|
G#|------------------------9--11----------------|
E|---------------9--10-13----------------------|
B|---------11-13-------------------------------|
E|9--10-13-------------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------------13-15-|
B|---------------------------13----14-15-------|
G#|---------------------14-16----17-------------|
E|---------------13-15-------------------------|
B|------13-14-15-------------------------------|
E|13-15----------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------------------18-20-21-22-|
B|------------------------------------18-20-------------|
G#|------------------------------18-21-------------------|
E|------------------18-20-21-22-------------------------|
B|------------18-20-------------------------------------|
E|18-20-21-22-------------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 18 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

Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

Scale Notes
  • G
  • A#
  • C
  • C#
  • D
  • F

Next Step

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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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