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.
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
5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view
10-14 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--| 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
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
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- 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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