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3 strings 3 courses. B 4 •E 5 •A 5: Russia Domra, piccolo 4 strings 4 courses. C 4 •G 4 •D 5 •A 5: Ukraine Octave higher than the mandola Domra, prima 3 strings 3 courses. E 4 •A 4 •D 5: The main instrument of the domra family Russia Domra, prima 4 strings 4 courses. G 3 •D 4 •A 4 •E 5: Ukraine Same as mandolin tuning Domra ...
Joseph Brent in 2013 with his custom-made 10-string mandolin, named Kumi. On October 16, 2015, Brent's improvising ensemble 9 Horses , featuring violinist Sara Caswell and bassist Shawn Conley released their debut album Perfectest Herald on Sunnyside Records , [ 21 ] and in 2016 were the winners of the 21CM LAUNCH: Emerging Artists Competition.
A soviet-made 4 string Ukrainian Domra Domra (left) and Bandola Llanera (right) The basic domra is tuned as follows: Three strings: EAD tuning. Four strings: GDAE tuning (like the mandolin or the violin) Instruments are made in various sizes including piccolo, prima, alto, tenor, bass, and contrabass. Piccolo: b1 e2 a2 [7] Prima: e1 a1 d2 [8]
Mandolin awareness in the United States blossomed in the 1880s, as the instrument became part of a fad that continued into the mid-1920s. [14] [15] According to Clarence L. Partee a publisher in the BMG movement (banjo, mandolin and guitar), the first mandolin made in the United States was made in 1883 or 1884 by Joseph Bohmann, who was an established maker of violins in Chicago. [16]
David Jay Grisman [1] (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians.
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]
Two styles of mandolin-banjo, showing a large and small head, with a full size, four-string banjo (bottom). 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]
The 'mandolutes' were actually mandolins with eight strings and tuned exactly the same. The scale length is also within the standard mandolin scale; between 13 inches (330 mm) and 13 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches (350 mm). They advertised using scientific principles to create vibrations, power and volume as well as sustained sweet and mellow tones, all in ...