Free printables
Fingerboard charts, made to be printed and pinned up.
First position on all four strings, for each of the four orchestral instruments, with every note and the finger that takes it. No account, no email, no watermark, print them, photocopy them, hand them to a section.
Violin fingerboard chart
A selected first-position pattern on all four strings, with the finger that takes each note. Built to be printed and pinned somewhere you can see it while you play.
Open the violin chart →Viola fingerboard chart
First position on all four viola strings, with finger numbers, and a reminder of where each note sits in alto clef.
Open the viola chart →Cello fingerboard chart
First position on all four cello strings, in the normal frame, open string, then fingers one, two, three, and four.
Open the cello chart →Double bass fingerboard chart
First position on all four strings, using the Simandl system, fingers one, two, and four, with no third finger.
Open the bass chart →
For teachers
These are free to print, photocopy, and distribute to your students or your section , no permission needed and nothing to fill in. Each chart prints alone on one sheet in black and white, with its own address in the footer, which is the only credit we ask for.
The note names and finger numbers come from the same table that drives Arco's curriculum and interactives, so a chart on the wall and a lesson on the screen never disagree. The double bass chart uses Simandl 1-2-4 fingerings, which is why it shows no third finger.
More free things
A chromatic tuner, a metronome that does not drift, note-reading practice, and the full curriculum table of contents, all free and all without an account.