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#, B, C#, D, 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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Open
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
D
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
A
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
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G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
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D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
G
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
D
Root Note Scale Note

Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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Open
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G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
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D
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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C#
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G#
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B
G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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D
Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Open
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
D
F#
D#
D
C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
B
G#
F#
D#
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D
Root Note Scale Note

4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Open
B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
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D
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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D
Root Note Scale Note

9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
D
D
F#
D#
D
C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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Root Note Scale Note

13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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B
G#
F#
D#
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C#
B
G#
F#
D#
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D
F#
D#
D
C#
B
G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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D#
D
C#
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G#
F#
D#
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C#
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G#
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B
G#
F#
D#
D
C#
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G#
F#
D#
D
D
Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------------4--6--|
A|------------------------------4--5--6--------|
F|------------------------6--8-----------------|
C|------------------6--8-----------------------|
G|------4--6--7--8-----------------------------|
D|4--6-----------------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------------9--11-12-13-|
A|---------------------------------9--11-------------|
F|------------------------9--10-13-------------------|
C|------------------11-13----------------------------|
G|------------11-13----------------------------------|
D|9--11-12-13----------------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 17 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------------13-16-|
A|---------------------------14-16-17-------|
F|---------------------13-15----------------|
C|------------13-14-15----------------------|
G|------13-16-------------------------------|
D|13-16-------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 14 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

18-22 frets • 15 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#
  • B
  • C#
  • D
  • 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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