Blank Guitar Fretboard
Free blank guitar fretboard diagrams to print: empty necks with string names, fret numbers and fret markers. Pick a sheet and download the PDF, no sign-up.
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Free, no sign-up. 6 diagrams on one page; print as many copies as you need.
Free to share and adapt under CC BY 4.0: just credit guitarfretboardnotes.com.
Which blank fretboard sheet to print
- 12 frets: six necks per page, from the open strings to fret 12. That is every note once; from fret 12 the neck repeats an octave higher.
- 15 frets: six slightly longer necks, for parts that reach past the 12th fret.
- 24 frets: four necks on a landscape page, the whole length of most electric guitars.
- 5-fret diagrams: twelve short blank fretboard diagrams per page. Write the starting fret above each one to map a single area of the neck.
- Left-handed: every sheet is mirrored, with the nut on the right.
- Letter or A4: Letter for the US and Canada, A4 almost everywhere else.
How the diagrams are drawn
- The thinnest string, the high E, is at the top, the way tab draws it. String names run down the side: E B G D A E. The guitar string notes page explains the order.
- On the full necks, the space left of the thick nut line is for the open strings.
- Dots mark frets 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12, then 15, 17, 19, 21 and 24, as on most guitars, so you can find your place quickly.
On a tablet
The PDFs open in note apps such as GoodNotes and Notability: import the file and write on it with a stylus. The PNG works as a page template.
Filling in the notes
To check the note names you write on a blank neck, compare them with the printable guitar note chart, or tap them on the interactive guitar fretboard notes map to hear each one. When you can fill a neck from memory, try a fretboard note quiz.
