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Mandocello
Musical instrument in the mandolin family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mandocello (Italian: mandoloncello, Liuto cantabile, liuto moderno) is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It is larger than the mandolin, and is the baritone instrument of the mandolin family. Its eight strings are in four paired courses, with the strings in each course tuned in unison. Overall tuning of the courses is in fifths like a mandolin, but beginning on bass C (C2). It can be described as being to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.[1][2]
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![]() Redhead brand mandocello | |
Classification | String instrument (plucked) |
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Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
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