How to Play the Mandolin : How to Tune the Mandolin

Learn the proper pitches and how to tune the strings of a mandolin with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.

Expert: Mike Oberst
Bio: Mike Oberst is a professional musician based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is proficient in nearly ten different instruments, including the bagpipes, mandolin, guitar, and accordion just to name a few.
Filmmaker: Jason Sager

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[starbuttonstitch]

AAAAAARGH thnx for helping,,

but i just can't get it tuned properly.

just when i thought i had the right note,, my string snapped..

*wheewhee*..

i'll have it another go ^^

[deathblw1wheel]

this may sound silly but i imagine you a refering to string "1" ,"2", vica versa to be the combination of the grouped strings.?

[museken]

The ending answers a question I have. Will a KORG automatic tuner using E..A ..D..G.... work? My Mandolin is a Ibanez M510 A-Style Mandolin. Is this a good one? The wood features seem equal too or above much more expensive models..you tune from High to low...Why? I tend to tune from low to high is there a difference. THX

[gva128]

Hey friends, I wanted to know what is the tuning john paul jones from led zeppelin uses... anyone knows?

[thedict8or]

@Chaz6993X no.  G, D,A, E. the courses (pairs of strings) are tuned in unison. so from highest pitched string to lowest, it would be ; E,E,A,A,D,D,G,G.

[pasajero15]

tune your ads damn vid

[Chaz6993X]

The Mandolin is tuned to 5ths correct? the first set of strings are E/B correct? then A/E then D/A then G/D?

[dutchpuppy2]

@RachieMyers I LOVE electronic tuners.... No matter how much I think I've got an instrument tuned, I check it with an electronic one and it all sounds sooo much better. It's been a year for you...have you got it all figured out by now and are playing?

[ZombieJakeinator]

Thanks for helping my Hobo cousin man.

[eskimokissesyay]

you are such a hunk.

[OthelloNC]

thanks man. good lesson.