mandola

A mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Europe, Ireland, and UK) is a stringed musical instrument. Mandolas have 8 strings, in 4 pairs. Each pair of strings is tuned in unison, and are a fifth apart from adjacent pairs, giving an identical tuning to a viola (C-G-D-A low-to-high), a fifth lower than a mandolin. Unlike a viola, the neck of a mandola is fretted and it is typically played with a plectrum (pick). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (512x1220, 118 KB) Mandola Self-made photograph Feb 24 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Mandola Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (512x1220, 118 KB) Mandola Self-made photograph Feb 24 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Mandola Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the lighter violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the heavier cello (bass) and double bass. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... A plectrum (plural: plectra) is a device for plucking or strumming a stringed instrument. ...

Like the guitar, the mandola is a poorly sustaining instrument --- a note cannot be sustained for an arbitrary time as with a viola, although the technique known as tremolo(tremolando), a rapid alternation of the plectrum on a single pair of strings, allows the approximation of a long-sustained note. Also like the guitar, the mandola can be acoustic and/or electric. A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Tremolo is a musical term with two meanings: A rapid repetition of the same note, a rapid variation in the amplitude of a single note, or an alternation between two or more notes. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ...

Similar instruments are the mandolin (tuned as the violin to G-D-A-E), the octave mandola (in Europe, Ireland, and the UK--the same instrument is called the octave mandolin in the US and Canada) tuned an octave below the mandolin and having a shorter scale length than the equivalently tuned (G-D-A-D or G-D-A-E) Irish bouzouki, and the mandocello, which is classically tuned an octave below the mandola (like a cello), although in practice the instrument is often restrung and tuned as the Irish bouzouki. All of these have 8 strings in 4 pairs, with each pair tuned in unison. The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... An Irish Bouzouki The Irish bouzouki is a slightly modified bouzouki Bouzoukis were introduced into Irish Traditional Music in the 1970s, by Johnny Moynihan and Alec Finn, and popularised by Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny. ... The mandocello (sometimes spelt mandacello) is a musical instrument of the mandolin family. ... An Irish Bouzouki The Irish bouzouki is a slightly modified bouzouki Bouzoukis were introduced into Irish Traditional Music in the 1970s, by Johnny Moynihan and Alec Finn, and popularised by Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny. ...

Mandolas are not uncommon in folk music and sometimes used in Irish traditional music, although far less often, in the latter case, than the octave mandola, Irish bouzouki, and modern cittern. Some Irish traditional musicians, such as Andy Irvine restring the tenor mandola so it may be tuned as a mandolin, whilst others (Brian McDonagh of Dervish being the best known) use altered tunings such as DAEA. It has been suggested that Folkies be merged into this article or section. ... Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic politically divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... An Irish Bouzouki The Irish bouzouki is a slightly modified bouzouki Bouzoukis were introduced into Irish Traditional Music in the 1970s, by Johnny Moynihan and Alec Finn, and popularised by Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny. ... A woodcut of a Cittern The cittern is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance, having evolved considerably since that time. ... See also Andy Irvine (rugby player) Andy Irvine (b. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... The word Dervish, especially in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious fraternities, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars. ...

External links

• The Mandolin Page (Mandolins and Mandolas)