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A resonator mandolin or "resophonic mandolin" is a mandolin whose sound is produced by one or more metal cones instead of the customary wooden soundboard (mandolin top/face). These instruments are sometimes referred to as " Dobro mandolins," after pioneering instruments designed and produced by the Dopyera Brothers, which evolved into a brand name.
Crosspicking is a technique for playing the mandolin or guitar using a plectrum or flatpick in a rolling, syncopated style across three strings. This style is probably best known as one element of the flatpicking style in bluegrass music, and it closely resembles a banjo roll, the main difference being that the banjo roll is fingerpicked rather than flatpicked.
A "doming" or "dotting" tool has a round or oval tip of small to moderate diameter, and can be used to chase dimples or grooves, or repoussé bumps and ridges, of various widths. A "matting" tool has a pattern cut into the tip, and is used (mainly in chasing) to create textured areas.
A hand-held tungsten carbide knife sharpener, with a finger guard, can be used for sharpening plain and serrated edges on pocket knives and multi-tools.. Sharpening is the process of creating or refining a blade, the edge joining two non-coplanar faces into a converging apex, thereby creating an edge of appropriate shape on a tool or implement designed for cutting.
The Mandobass is the largest (and least common) member of the mandolin family, sometimes used as the bass instrument in mandolin orchestras.It is so large that players usually hold it like a double bass—upright and supported on an endpin that rests on the floor.
Standard tuning is 2 octaves below the mandolin. Alternate tuning is 2 octaves below the mandola. Mandocello: 8 strings 4 courses. C 2 C 2 •G 2 G 2 •D 3 D 3 •A 3 A 3: mandolincello, mandoloncello Standard tuning is 1 octave below the mandola. Mandola: 8 strings 4 courses. C 3 C 3 •G 3 G 3 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4: Tenor mandola (Europe) A ...
The Classical Mandolin Society of America Inc., or CMSA, is a 501 (C)(3) not for profit corporation committed to promoting the playing and study of mandolin instruments in the United States. The organization was founded in 1986 by Norman Levine.
The Knife-grinder by Goya shows a man using a portable grindstone. A grindstone, also known as grinding stone, is a sharpening stone used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools, used since ancient times. Tools are sharpened by the stone's abrasive qualities that remove material from the tool through friction in order to create a fine edge.