Mandola

The Mandola ( tenor, or Octave Mandolin) is a built since the 18th century belonging to the family of plucked mandolins. It has a slightly larger body and longer scale length than the mandolin and is a fifth ( string length approximately 40 to 50 cm), or octave ( string length from about 50 to 57 cm ) tuned down.

The four choirs, for any two strings are tuned in fifths, as a rule. In the octave mandola GG -dd -aa- e'e ' ( exactly one octave below the mandolin ). Unlike the mandolin sentiment Mandola varies greatly according to the type of music. While at the Blue Grass and the " classic " Plucked the Octave or tenor tuning ( cc- gg - d'd' - a'a ') prevails, is in the Celtic folk often dd -aa- e'e' - a'a ' and AA -dd -aa- e'e ' used in Scandinavian folk music. The bottom two strings choirs are thereby equipped by some players with octave strings.

The strings of Mandola be struck depending on the play either with a pick or plucked with the fingernails. In the folk Mandola changes depending on piece between chord accompaniment and melody.

The present building of the Mandola corresponds to the Portuguese mandolin, with a flat bottom or a flat ceiling. Rare mandolas be made with a bulbous cup-shaped body and a folded blanket in Neapolitan design.

The Mandola is part of the occupation of a fixed Zupforchesters.