
Mandolin - Wikipedia
A mandolin (Italian: mandolino, pronounced [mandoˈliːno]; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly …
History of the mandolin - Wikipedia
As the term mandolino came into use in the 1700s to describe the baroque version (315 mm scale length) of these earlier small instruments, the terms mandola and mandora began to be …
Mandolin History and Types from Mandolinos to F-style
Mandolino. Mandolino or pandurine or armandolino or baroque mandolin – small slender lute-like body, 4 or 6 pair of strings
Mandolino - Wikipedia
Il mandolino (mandolino classico, o napoletano) è uno strumento musicale, caratterizzato da quattro corde doppie, che appartiene al genere dei cordofoni. Storia [ modifica | modifica …
Mandolino - Lute Society of America
The mandolino was a primarily an Italian instrument and in fact was most popular in the region around Naples. Only a few seventeenth-century instruments have survived. One of them was …
The secret life of the mandolin - L'Italo-Americano
Feb 23, 2021 · Delightful mandolino is a symbol of Neapolitan culture and music that, outside of Italy, came to symbolize the Bel Paese as a whole. Almost two centuries of migration towards …
Mandolin | Stringed, Fretted, Plucked | Britannica
Mar 7, 2025 · Mandolin, small stringed musical instrument in the lute family. It evolved in the 18th century in Italy and Germany from the 16th-century mandora. The instrument’s modern form …
Mandolins: A Brief History - mandolinluthier.com
From about 1650, the mandores with 5 or 6 courses of double strings began to die out, but the soprano version became known as the mandolino continued to develop, and were tuned (gg) …
mandolins - ATLAS of Plucked Instruments
(ar)mandolino. From around 1650s the mandolino developed from the mandore. It is a smaller version of it. Sometimes it is called pandurine or armandolino (after the shape of almonds), …
Mandolin
The mandolin is a plucked string instrument of Italian and Mediterranean origin. The origin of the mandolin dates back to the mid-17th century (Lombard, Milanese and Cremonese mandolin), …