Tune your mandolin to Standard (mandolin) with a strobe display that resolves to less than 0.1 cent. The table below lists every target string; click to launch the tuner already set to Standard.
Open the free Standard tuner| # | Note | Hz |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | G4 | 392.0 |
| 2 | D4 | 293.7 |
| 3 | A4 | 440.0 |
| 4 | E5 | 659.3 |
Standard mandolin tuning uses four courses of doubled strings tuned to G3-D4-A4-E5 in perfect fifths. Sharing its pitch structure with the violin, it provides a bright, percussive sound that cuts clearly through folk, bluegrass, and classical ensembles.
A needle answers "what is the average pitch right now?" A multi-harmonic strobe adds an extra layer to the tuning visualization by showing several harmonics at once, so you can fine-tune more confidently to fractions of a cent.
Published by Applicaudia, the maker of StroboPro. The less than 0.1 cent figure describes the tuner's display resolution, not a lab-measured accuracy specification. Frequency values are equal-temperament approximations.