Fingerboard

The Fingerboard

Medieval lutes in their reconstructed form usually have seven, eight or nine frets.

In most cases, though, 8 frets are typically applied.

Therefore, the fingerboard below shows 8 frets.

This fingerboard is done according to the following tuning:

DD / GG / AA / dd / g’

The diagram below depicts the neck of the lute.

The numbers on the right represent the fret (1st, 2nd, etc.).

D G A d g’

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1. D#/Eb G#/Ab A#/Bb D#/Eb G#/Ab

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2. E A B E A

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3. F A#/Bb C F A#/Bb

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4. F#/Gb B C#/Db F#/Gb B

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5. G C D G C

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6. G#/Ab C#/Db D#/Eb G#/Ab C#/Dd

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7. A D E A D

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8. A#/Bb D#/Eb F A#Bb D#/Eb

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Here you can download the fingerboard:

Correspondance of medieval lute to modern note system