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  2. Octave mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The Irish bouzouki is a very similar instrument, and is often confused with the octave mandolin, but it has a shorter scale length and a different tuning. Also, octave mandola is sometimes applied to what in the U.S. is a mandocello .

  3. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Irish Bouzouki: G 2 G 2 •D 3 D 3 •A 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4. Tenor Mandolin, Irish Bouzouki, Octave mandola (Europe) Pitched 1 octave below the mandolin. Mandolin, piccolo: 8 strings 4 courses. C 4 C 4 •G 4 G 4 •D 5 D 5 •A 5 A 5: Brilliant tone mandolin Tuned a 4th above the mandolin; 1 octave above the mandola. Mandriola: 12 strings 4 ...

  4. Mandola - Wikipedia

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    Some Irish traditional musicians, following the example of Andy Irvine, restring the tenor mandola with lighter, mandolin strings and tune it F-C-G-C (two semi-tones lower than G-D-A-D, since the mandola's fretboard is two frets longer than the mandolin's), while others (Brian McDonagh of Dervish being the best known) use alternate tunings such ...

  5. Irish bouzouki - Wikipedia

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    The Irish bouzouki (Irish: búsúcaí) [1] is an adaptation of the Greek bouzouki (Greek: μπουζούκι).The newer Greek tetrachordo bouzouki (4 courses of strings) was introduced into Irish traditional music in the mid-1960s by Johnny Moynihan of the folk group Sweeney's Men, who retuned it from its traditional Greek tuning C³F³A³D⁴ to G²D³A³D⁴, a tuning he had pioneered ...

  6. Andy Irvine (musician) - Wikipedia

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    [2]: 38–41 In the same tutor, Irvine's Irish bouzouki tuning (GDAD', [2]: 15 one octave lower than similarly open-tuned mandolin) was also contrasted with the traditional Greek bouzouki tuning (CFAD'). [2]: 5 In a 1985 interview with the American Frets magazine, Irvine had explained the origins of his bouzouki tuning:

  7. Mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The piccolo or sopranino mandolin is a rare member of the family, tuned one octave above the mandola and one fourth above the mandolin (C 4 –G 4 –D 5 –A 5); the same relation as that of the piccolo (to the western concert flute) or violino piccolo (to the violin and viola). One model was manufactured by the Lyon & Healy company under the ...

  8. Mandolin-banjo - Wikipedia

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    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 ] It has been independently invented in more than one country, variously being called mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin and banjourine in English-speaking countries, [ 2 ] banjoline and bandoline in France ...

  9. Mandolin playing traditions worldwide - Wikipedia

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    Though almost any variety of acoustic mandolin might be adequate for Irish traditional music, virtually all Irish players prefer flat-backed instruments with oval sound holes to the Italian-style bowlback mandolins or the carved-top mandolins with f-holes favoured by bluegrass mandolinists. The former are often too soft-toned to hold their own ...

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