Mandocello

The Mandoloncello ( Italian: Mandoloncello ) is a plucked string instrument from the Mandolinfamilie. It has 8 strings which are tuned in fifths doppelchörig. It is larger than a mandolin and tuned down for this very reason in CC -GG -dd -aa. The Mandoloncello corresponds to the cello of the violin family.

Construction

The Mandoloncello is similar to the mandolin built. The back of the instrument can both have the familiar round shape for the mandolin, as well as his flat. The construction with a flat back goes back to the designs of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, which made ​​this popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century. The Mandoloncello is usually strung with four pairs of strings, which are tuned in CC -GG -dd -aa. Most his voice is recorded in the bass clef. In German the scores but also often in oktavierenden down treble clef. Due to the enormous thickness of the C-string, remove some Mandoloncellospieler one of these to prevent rattling and thus can play fortissimo pleasant. The 10-string Mandoloncello receives an extra pair of E-strings, so that the mood now CC -GG -dd -aa- e'e ' is. Such Mandoloncello is also called liuto cantabile or liuto moderno, but remains technically still a Mandoloncello.

Use

The Mandoloncello with a rounded back is mainly used in Mandolinorchestern and mandolin quartets as a bass instrument. Also, it is used as a solo instrument in classical works that were composed in the original for a cello. Furthermore Raffaele Calace composed in the early 20th century, some pieces specifically for the luito cantabile. The Mandoloncello also plays a role in modern folk, such as the Bluegrass, in the Celtic and Italian folk music. Here typically the Mandoloncello is used with a flat back. The most important Mando cellist Bill Monroe and Raffaele Calace apply. The latter is attributed to have perfected the design of the instrument.

In the first half of the 20th century, the Mandoloncello part of the standard equipment of a Zupforchesters. However, its range resembled to that of a conventional guitar, which supplanted the Mandoloncello gradually in the second half of the 20th century from the German Zupforchestern. In Italy and France, but the Mandoloncello is still in use. Furthermore, the Mandoloncello finds its use in modern rock music. So used, for example, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora a Mandoloncello in the song " Lay Your Hands on Me" for the acoustic admissions collected on This Left Feels Right.