Mandola vs. Mandolin The mandola and mandolin share three courses: G, D, and A But the mandolin has a high E course, while the mandola has a low C course Each has its advantages and disadvantages Personally, I like the mandolin for playing in the keys of D and A, while I think the mandola is better suited to the keys of C and G
Learning to play Mandola - Mandolin Cafe In Europe, however, mandola refers to what we in North America call an octave mandolin and they read treble clef except the music is actually in the same key Yikes!! My current problem is that I can read pretty decently on mandolin but have to relearn to read the c-clef on mandola but still maintain my brain for reading mandolin
What is the difference between an Octave Mandolin and a Mandola? The word "mandola" is NOT back-formed from the word "viola " The mandola is the ancestor of the mandolin and all other mandolin-family instruments "Mandolin" comes from "mandolino," which means "little mandola " In America, the GDAE instrument is almost invariably called an "octave mandolin "
Mandolin vs. Mandola? Actually, if some sources are to be believed, the mandola came first; the name "mandolin" means "little mandola " As Tobin opines, the tenor banjo is a 20th century innovation, designed to be a plectrum-played banjo, with a shorter neck and heavier stringing than the earlier five-string banjo -- and tuned in fifths, rather than the
Mandola recommendations? - mandolincafe. com CGDA mandola is in the wrong key for this music (practical advice based on personal experience) CGDA mandocello (open or capo-2, capo-7) works as an octave mandolin and as well as Natalie Haas' CGDA cello for playing Irish-type tunes
Crossrock Mandola Case For Eastman MDA815 Mandola For my guitars I prefer the cream-colored Hiscox Pro II cases from the UK Unfortunately I don't think they make mandola cases I have been following Crossrock cases for about a decade, so I ended up buying a Crossrock Fiberglass CRF2020MDLMW F-style Mandola Case in Milky White directly from Crossrock
Mandolin Cafe Classifieds The mandola has a really sweet and powerful voice with impressive sustain and responsiveness It features a spruce top (I believe Englemann, confirming with Lawrence), maple (probably red maple) back sides neck, a great-looking maple headstock overlay, and gold EVO frets
Siminoff H-5 Mandola kit - Mandolin Cafe Lots of talk about Roger Siminoff's work these days I am favorably impressed with the H-5 mandola kit from Siminoff It is offered with three levels of completion -- I would prefer the most competed one, the Level 1 kit For circa $700 you can get an f-hole mandola kit where most of the "hard" work has been done
Mandolin Glossary - Mandola Mandola In the US, this term is usually applied to an instrument tuned one fifth below the mandolin, analogous to the viola: c, g, d, a Europeans would refer to an instrument of this size as mandoliola, mandola in C, or tenor mandola (although this latter is a bit of a misnomer given the instrument's alto range)
Tuning a mandola to gdae like a mandolin If you want to tune a mandola UP to normal mandolin GDAE, you need lighter strings than even a normal mandolin set (far less a mandola set), because of the longer scale length on the mandola relative to the mandolin #(The top E string would probably be an 008 or 009 )