Open 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 Open D.

G Minor Pentatonic in Open D tuning gives you the notes G, A#, C, D, F across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open D spreads a big major sonority across the guitar, which makes both scale mapping and chord design feel more spacious. 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.

Formula 1 b3 4 5 b7
Tuning D A F# D A D
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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A#
G
F
D
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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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Root Note Scale Note

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

11-15 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--3--|
A|------------------------1--3--------|
F#|------------------1--4--------------|
D|------------0--3--------------------|
A|------1--3--------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--3--|
A|------------------------1--3--------|
F#|------------------1--4--------------|
D|------------0--3--------------------|
A|------1--3--------------------------|
D|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------3--5--|
A|------------------------3--5--------|
F#|------------------4--6--------------|
D|------------3--5--------------------|
A|------3--5--------------------------|
D|3--5--------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------12-15-|
A|------------------------13-15-------|
F#|------------------11-13-------------|
D|------------12-15-------------------|
A|------13-15-------------------------|
D|12-15-------------------------------|

11-15 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------15-17-|
A|------------------------15-17-------|
F#|------------------16-18-------------|
D|------------15-17-------------------|
A|------15-17-------------------------|
D|15-17-------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------20-22-|
A|------------------------20-22-------|
F#|------------------18-20-------------|
D|------------20-22-------------------|
A|------20-22-------------------------|
D|20-22-------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 12 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

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.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

Tuning Context

Open D feels wide, resonant and strong for open voicings. It helps left-handed players connect scale notes to ringing chord fragments.

Scale Notes
  • 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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