Convert lead sheets, fiddle tunes, and readable treble-clef scores into mandolin tab drafts.
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Frettify turns readable sheet music, lead sheets, and PDF scores into editable four-course mandolin tabs online. Choose Mandolin to map the part onto standard GDAE courses, including violin-register sources that need to sit on the mandolin neck.
Convert lead sheets, fiddle tunes, and readable treble-clef scores into mandolin tab drafts.
Use standard four-course GDAE tuning with a four-line tab, not eight strings.
Map guitar or violin notation onto mandolin courses instead of starting from a blank tab.
Review warnings and edit fingerings after the first conversion.
After conversion, review and edit your tablature, then download a Guitar Pro (.gp) file for editing and playback or export a PDF of your tab for printing. These downloads are available across Frettify's supported instrument conversions.
Yes. Land on this page or choose Mandolin before conversion. Frettify maps the written pitches onto four-course standard mandolin. Alternate tunings such as GDAD are not supported yet.
No. Frettify uses the same sheet-music recognition pipeline. What changes is the tablature: four courses, standard GDAE, fifths tuning, and a four-line mandolin tab.
No. Start from a readable sheet music PDF, score photo, or lead sheet. MusicXML still works if you already have it, but sheet music is the main path.
Upload a lead sheet or readable score with Mandolin selected, generate four-course GDAE tab, then refine fingerings in the browser.
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