Chords for the Octave Mandolin

The Octave Mandolin chord reference: pick a root, then any of 62 qualities, and get shapes drawn for four paired courses tuned in pure fifths — fingerings, tone names, and audio on every chart.

Fifths tuning spreads chord tones wide, so octave mandolin shapes trade the guitar's six-string stacks for compact three- and four-course grips — including the closed chop shapes that mute and bark on the backbeat. Everything here sounds one octave below the same shape on the mandolin — the fingerings are identical.