What is standard mandolin tuning?
The open strings on the mandolin are commonly tuned to G, D, A and E. This is known as standard tuning. This is what you need to play most of the songs. The open strings can be located as follows, from left to right looking at your mandolin with the headstock at the top:
- G: the 4th string (the furthest left on the fretboard)
- D: the 3rd string
- A: the 2nd string
- E: the 1st string