Cool Mandolin Sites

Mandolin Cafe: The Mandolin Cafe is a site for many things mandolin.  They offer downloadable mp3s, mandolin news, a message board, a classifieds section, and information on builders and workshops.Website: Mandolin Cafe

4 String Chord Finder: The 4-string Chord Finder will display the proper fingerings for a large list of chords for the mandolin, ukelele, banjo, pipa, bouzouki, and bass.Website: 4 String Chord Finder

Bluegrass Mandolin Home Page: The Bluegrass Mandolin Homepage is a site dedicated to mandolin bluegrass playing.  Here you can find information about great mandolin players, read articles pertaining to the mandolin, view pictures, and find tablature for bluegrass classics.Website: Bluegrass Mandolin Home Page

Building a Mandolin: Building Mandolin No. 001 is a site dedicated to one person's construction of their first mandolin.  They offer their plans along with pictures detailing the construction.Website: Building a Mandolin

Chiff and Fipple Traditional String Instrument Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Traditional String Instrument Forum is a place where users discuss anything related to traditional string instruments and their music.Website: Chiff and Fipple Traditional String Instrument Forum

Cistre Bouzouki Octive Mandolin: The Cistre, Bouzouki, Octave Mandolin site contains information about these and other instruments.  You can find tunings, chords, notes, lessons, and links.Website: Cistre Bouzouki Octive Mandolin

Collings Mandolin Forum: The Collings Mandolin Forum is the discussion forum for owners of Collings mandolins.Website: Collings Mandolin Forum

Emando.com: Emando is the electric mandolin resource page.  On this page you can find faq's, cd reviews, and instrument reviews.  They also have a list of active and inactive builders and players.Website: Emando.com

EZ Folk Forum Mandolins: EZ Folk Forum is a community of mandolin players discussing the instruments and playing them.Website: EZ Folk Forum Mandolins

Jazz Mando: Jazz Mando is a site designed for jazz mandolinists.  The sites goals are unraveling jazz theory, fretboard and picking techniques, and sound production, both linear and harmonic for use in fresh new music genres.Website: Jazz Mando

Mandolin Archive: The Mandolin Archive is a site which documents in writing and images all of the mandolin family products made by the Gibson Corporation.  It is very extensive with over 3000 instruments listed.Website: Mandolin Archive

Mandolin Chord Generator: The chord generator on gootar.com allows you to find the proper fingerings for a large list of chords on the ukelele, mandolin, banjo, bass, pipa, and bouzouki.Website: Mandolin Chord Generator

Mandolin Magazine: This is the Mandolin Magazine website.  You can find a selection of articles taken from the publication which include reviews, articles, and workships.Website: Mandolin Magazine

Mandolin Sessions: The Mandolin Sessions website is a bimonthly webzine for mandolin players.  You can read various articles from current and past issues.Website: Mandolin Sessions

Mandolin.org.uk: Mandolin.org.uk is a discussion forum for mandolin players.  It has general discussion, bands, musicians, equipment, and builders sections.Website: Mandolin.org.uk

Mandozine: Mandozine is a site intended as a resource for those who are just starting out, the more advanced players that are always ready to help the beginners, and those who don't play, but love the music.  You can find articles about artists, instruments, and techniques as well as tablature.Website: Mandozine

Mandozine Radio: Mandizine Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting mandolin music.Website: Mandozine Radio

Scottish Mandolin: The Scottish Mandolin site has topics from playing techniques and tunes to maintenance instructions, musician biogs and links to other mandolin sites around the web.Website: Scottish Mandolin

Simple Gifts Mandolin Tablature: Simple Gifts Mandolin Tablature has a host of tabs to play with accompanying midi files.  There is also a "How to Read Mandolin Tablature" guide for those needing some instruction.Website: Simple Gifts Mandolin Tablature

The Cool Mandolin Company: At the Cool Mandolin Company website you can purchase mandolin related clothing and accessories.  They also sell some strings.Website: The Cool Mandolin Company

The Mandolin Page: The Mandolin Page is a resource for mandolin players.  It is loaded with information one would need to know when getting into mandolins.  You can find articles on instrument styles, the basics of playing, types of strings, different rhythyms, and various chords and scales.Website: The Mandolin Page

The Mandolin Sympoium: The Mandolin Symposium website provides information on their yearly gathering organized by David Grisman and Mike Marshall.  The six day symposium gives players of all skill levels a place to join like-minded people to learn and enjoy the mandolin.Website: The Mandolin Sympoium

The Mandolin Tablature Exchange: The Mandolin Tablature Exchange is a site that provides links to tab archives at other mandolin sites.Website: The Mandolin Tablature Exchange