Octave mandolin
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Early instruments were quiet, strung with gut strings, and plucked with the fingers or with a quill. Much of mandolin development revolved around the soundboard (the top). There has also been a twelve-string (three strings per course) type and an instrument with sixteen strings (four strings per course). Other mandolin varieties differ primarily in the number of strings and include four-string models (tuned in fifths) such as the Brescian and Cremonese, six-string types (tuned in fourths) such as the Milanese, Lombard and the Sicilian and 6 course instruments of 12 strings (two strings per course) such as the Genoese. Flat-backed instruments are commonly used in Irish, British, and Brazilian folk music. Archtop instruments are common in American folk music and bluegrass music.
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Neapolitan mandolins feature prominently in European classical music and traditional music. Each style of instrument has its own sound quality and is associated with particular forms of music. The flat-backed mandolin uses thin sheets of wood for the body, braced on the inside for strength in a similar manner to a guitar. The archtop, also known as the carved-top mandolin has an arched top and a shallower, arched back both carved out of wood. The round-backed version has a deep bottom, constructed of strips of wood, glued together into a bowl. There are many styles of mandolin, but the three most common types are the Neapolitan or round-backed mandolin, the archtop mandolin and the flat-backed mandolin.
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Also, like the violin, it is the soprano member of a family that includes the mandola, octave mandolin, mandocello and mandobass. The courses are typically tuned in an interval of perfect fifths, with the same tuning as a violin (G3, D4, A4, E5). It most commonly has four courses of doubled metal strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 strings, although five (10 strings) and six (12 strings) course versions also exist. Problems playing this file? See media help.Ī mandolin ( Italian: mandolino pronounced literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a plectrum.