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Encyclopedia > Octave mandolin

The octave mandolin is an eight-stringed fretted string instrument tuned an octave below the neopolitan mandolin. It may have a ribbed bowl-back, a flat or a carved back. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... Carved and round backed mandolins (front) A mandolin is a small, plucked, stringed musical instrument, descended from the mandora. ...


In Europe, it is known as an octave mandola. Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...


See also

mandola A mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Europe, Ireland, and UK) is a stringed musical instrument. ... The mandocello (sometimes spelt mandacello) is a musical instrument of the mandolin family. ...

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