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  2. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    A 5th below mandolin tuning. Mandolin: 8 strings 4 courses. G 3 G 3 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4 •E 5 E 5. Alternates: "Get Up John Tuning": F ♯ 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4 •A 5 D 5. All violin alternate tunings may be adapted for the mandolin Standard instrument of the mandolin family. Mandolinetto: 8 strings 4 courses. G 3 G 3 •D 4 D 4 •A ...

  3. Mandolin-banjo - Wikipedia

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    Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom). L-R - Banjo-mandolin, standard mandolin, 3-course mandolin, Tenor mandola. The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. [1]

  4. Cylinder-back mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The cylinder-back is a style of mandolin manufactured by the Vega Company of Boston, MA between 1913 and roughly 1925. The design patent (US patent number D44838) for the instrument was issued on November 4, 1913 to David L. Day, who was director and chief acoustical engineer for the stringed instrument division of the Vega Company.

  5. Mandolin - Wikipedia

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    A resonator mandolin or "resophonic mandolin" is a mandolin whose sound is produced by one or more metal cones (resonators) instead of the customary wooden soundboard (mandolin top/face). Historic brands include Dobro and National.

  6. Bluegrass mandolin - Wikipedia

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    Most bluegrass mandolin players choose one of two styles. Both have flat or nearly flat backs and arched tops. The so-called a-style mandolin has a teardrop-shaped body; the f-style mandolin is more stylized, with a spiraled wooden cone on the upper side and a couple of points on the lower side.

  7. Mandola - Wikipedia

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    It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola (C 3-G 3-D 4-A 4), a fifth lower than a mandolin. [1] The mandola, though now rarer, is an ancestor of the mandolin. (The word mandolin means little mandola.)

  8. Octave mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The scale length of the octave mandolin is longer than that of the mandolin, and varies more widely, from 19 inches (480 mm) to 24 inches (610 mm), with 21 inches (530 mm) being typical. The internal bracing is similar to the mandolin and mandola, with a single transverse brace on the top just below the oval sound hole.

  9. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Up bow or Sull'arco On a bowed string instrument, the note is played while drawing the bow upward. On a plucked string instrument played with a plectrum or pick (such as a guitar played pickstyle or a mandolin), the note is played with an upstroke. Down bow or Giù arco In contrast to the up bow, here the bow is drawn downward to create sound.