A Minor Chord on Mandola
How to play the A Minor chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The A Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes A, C, E. This page shows how to play A Minor on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The C and A strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2. A falls on the G string. It sounds from C3 up to A4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 9.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.