Mandolin
The mandolin is a musical instrument, which literally means, a small soprano member of the lute family. It is played by hitting its strings and sounds similar in tone of a violin or a hammered dulcimer. The most common type of mandolin, which was first designed in Naples, has eight strings. It has a body made of wood and a fingerboard which has frets.
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Mandolin Media
- Rangemandolin
In 1787, Luigi Bassi played the role of Don Giovanni in Mozart's opera, serenading a woman with a mandolin. This used to be the common picture of the mandolin, an obscure instrument of romance in the hands of a Spanish nobleman
Anatomy of a bowlback mandolin in schematic drawing
View of a mandolin fretboard from nut through 12th fret (one octave). This helps to illustrate mandolin tuning & chord fingerings.
Clockwise from top left: 1920 Gibson F-4 mandolin; 1917 Gibson H-2 mandola; 1929 Gibson mando-bass; and 1924 Gibson K-4 mandocello from Gregg Miner's collection
1911 Leland Piccolo Mandolin
A flatback octave mandolin
A mandolone played by Giuseppe Branzoli during a concert in Rome, 1889
Modern bowlback mandolin manufactured by the Calace family workshop
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