Open E 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 E.

G Minor Pentatonic in Open E tuning gives you the notes G, A#, 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. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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A#
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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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Root Note Scale Note

1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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

1-5 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

1-5 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

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

6-10 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

9-13 frets • 12 note position run

Position 4 Tab

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

13-17 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

18-22 frets • 15 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 E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

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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