Double Drop D left-handed scale chart
G Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.
G Minor Pentatonic in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes G, A#, 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. The mirrored chart makes box one feel natural to a left-handed eye, which matters because this is often the first scale lefty players learn.
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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--3--------| G|------------------0--3--------------| D|------------0--3--------------------| A|------1--3--------------------------| D|0--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|------------------------------0--3--| B|------------------------1--3--------| G|------------------0--3--------------| D|------------0--3--------------------| A|------1--3--------------------------| D|0--3--------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 12 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|------------------------------8--10-| B|------------------------6--8--------| G|------------------7--10-------------| D|------------8--10-------------------| A|------8--10-------------------------| D|8--10-------------------------------|
6-10 frets • 12 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------8--10-12-| B|------------------------------8--11----------| G|------------------------10-12----------------| D|---------------8--10-12----------------------| A|---------8--10-------------------------------| D|8--10-12-------------------------------------|
8-12 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------15-17-| B|---------------------------15-18-------| G|------------------15-17-19-------------| D|------------15-17----------------------| A|------15-17----------------------------| D|15-17----------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 13 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------20-22-| B|------------------------18-20-------| G|------------------19-22-------------| D|------------20-22-------------------| A|------20-22-------------------------| D|20-22-------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 12 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.
When a right-handed teacher says start on the sixth string, go to the far-right string in this chart and keep the tab as your note-order reference.
Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone
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
- 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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