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The octave mandolin (US and Canada) or octave mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted string instrument with four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G−D−A−E (low to high). It is larger than the mandola , but smaller than the mandocello and its construction is similar to other instruments in the mandolin family.
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 courses. G 3 G 3 G 3 •D 4 D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4 A 4 •E 5 E 5 E ...
A flatback octave mandolin. The octave mandolin (US and Canada), termed the octave mandola in Britain and Ireland and mandola in continental Europe, is tuned an octave below the mandolin: G 2 –D 3 –A 3 –E 4. Its relationship to the mandolin is that of the tenor violin to the violin, or the tenor saxophone to the soprano saxophone. Octave ...
Mandola: C 3 G 3 D 4 A 4 (same as standard viola tuning) Mandolin: G 3 D 4 A 4 E 5 (same as standard violin tuning) Pipa: A 2 D 3 E 3 A 3 (most common and used in Chinese orchestra; several other tunings exist) Balalaika (Prima): E 4 E 4 A 4 (the two identical Es are on strings of different gauges) Requinto Jarocho: A 3 D 3 G 3 C 4 (G string ...
G2 G2•D3 D3•A3 A3•E4 E4 tuned in fifths as octave mandolin; C2 C2•G2 G2•D3 D3•A3 A3 tuned in fifths as mandocello; D2 D2•G2 G2•B2 B2•E3 E3 tuned a fourth, a third, a fourth (as a guitar's 4 highest pitched strings, down 1 octave) Although it can be tuned to the same notes as a mandolin G D A E, it will be in tune an octave ...
The eight-string instrument appears to always have been tuned in fifths, either two octaves below the mandolin: G1 D2 A2 E3, or two octaves below the mandola: C1, G1, D2 A2. There is scant information as to how common this lower tuning (lower-ranging than the orchestral double bass) was, or in what circumstances people used it.
The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument.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]
One recent recording with mandolin virtuosos Carlo Aonzo [14] and David Grisman has featured Zenkl's mandocello on the album of Italian folk music "Traversata" published by Acoustic Disc. [15] Steve Knightley of the English folk-rock band Show of Hands plays the cello-mandolin, however his instrument is tuned GDAD, similar to an octave mandolin.