Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart

G Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.

G Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes G, A#, C, C#, D, F 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. 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 A F C G D
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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C
A#
G
F
D
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A#
G
F
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G
F
D
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A#
G
F
D
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A#
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A#
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A#
G
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A#
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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

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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A#
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Root Note Scale Note

5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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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--|
A|---------------------------1--3--4--------|
F|---------------------0--2-----------------|
C|------------0--1--2-----------------------|
G|------0--3--------------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 14 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------0--3--|
A|---------------------------1--3--4--------|
F|---------------------0--2-----------------|
C|------------0--1--2-----------------------|
G|------0--3--------------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 14 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------------5--8--|
A|---------------------------------5--8--------|
F|---------------------5--7--8--9--------------|
C|---------------5--7--------------------------|
G|------5--6--7--------------------------------|
D|5--8-----------------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------------10-11-12-|
A|---------------------------------10-13----------|
F|---------------------------12-14----------------|
C|---------------10-12-13-14----------------------|
G|---------10-12----------------------------------|
D|10-11-12----------------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 16 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------------15-17-|
A|------------------------------15-16-17-------|
F|------------------------17-19----------------|
C|------------------17-19----------------------|
G|------15-17-18-19----------------------------|
D|15-17----------------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------20-22-|
A|------------------------------20-22-------|
F|---------------------19-20-21-------------|
C|---------------19-22----------------------|
G|------18-19-22----------------------------|
D|20-22-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 14 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

Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.

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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