Mandolin Fretboard Explorer

Tap any note to light it up across the GDAE courses.

An interactive note map of the Mandolin's neck in GDAE: tap notes to light them up on every course and fret, and see the lattice the tuning builds.

Fifths tuning means the grid repeats with almost crystalline regularity — use the explorer to see why a shape moved across one course pair lands seven semitones away, and why closed patterns rule this neck.