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The Algerian mandole (mandol, mondol) is a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin, widely used in Algerian music such as Chaabi, Kabyle music and Nuubaat (Andalusian classical music). [1] [2] [3] The name can cause confusion, as "mandole" is a French word for mandola, the
The mandolin has a history on Tobago and Trinidad as the bandolin, dating back before World War I. [99] It was a small instrument, approximately 20 x 40 centimeters, strung with 8 strings in four courses of two each. [99] Before the war, it was commonly a round-backed instrument, made of strips of wood. [99] The flat-backed version appeared ...
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 ...
When the word "mandolin" is said in the 21st century, it usually refers to an instrument with 8 strings tuned in fifths, such as the Neapolitan mandolin or the American bluegrass mandolin. It is also commonly thought that mandolino is a diminutive of mandola, and that therefore the mandolino was a smaller development of the mandola.
Instruments such as violin, mandolin, and qanun where later introduced in mdih by Cheikh Ben Kouider. Hadj Menouar conserved the old tradition of using tar to accompany himself. He was the undisputed master of this instrument to the point that he has been dubbed "the Prince of Tar" by Ahmed Lakchal who introduced him at the radio.
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