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A mandolin ( Italian: mandolino, pronounced [mandoˈliːno]; literally "small mandola ") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of eight strings.
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Mandolin playing traditions worldwide. Italian mandolin...
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The mandolin is a modern member of the lute family, dating...
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A mandoline (US, / ˌmændəˈliːn, - ˈlɪn / [1]) or mandolin...
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La mandolina es un instrumento de cuerda de cuatro órdenes dobles de cuerdas. El número y tipo de cuerdas de la mandolina ha variado con el tiempo y el lugar, pero en la actualidad la configuración predominante es la de la mandolina napolitana, con cuatro cuerdas dobles afinadas como el violín (sol-re-la-mi) .
The mandolin is a modern member of the lute family, dating back to Italy in the 18th century. The instrument was played across Europe but then disappeared after the Napoleonic Wars. Credit for creating the modern bowlback version of the instrument goes to the Vinaccia family of Naples.
A mandoline (US, / ˌmændəˈliːn, - ˈlɪn / [1]) or mandolin (British, /ˌmandəˈlɪn/, /ˈmandəlɪn/, /ˈmandl̩ɪn/ [2] ), is a culinary utensil used for slicing and for cutting juliennes; with suitable attachments, it can make crinkle-cuts .
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]
Mandolin playing traditions worldwide. Italian mandolin virtuoso and child prodigy Giuseppe Pettine (here pictured in 1898) brought the Italian playing style to America where he settled in Providence, Rhode Island, as a mandolin teacher and composer.
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The mandolin can be described as a small, short-necked lute with eight strings. A lute is a chordophone, an instrument which makes sound by the vibration of strings. As a descendent of the lute, the mandolin reaches back to some of the earliest musical instruments.
