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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 has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of eight strings.
This used to be the common picture of the mandolin, an obscure instrument of romance in the hands of a Spanish nobleman. [1] The mandolin is a modern member of the lute family, dating back to Italy in the 18th century. The instrument was played across Europe but then disappeared after the Napoleonic Wars. Credit for creating the modern bowlback ...
Mandolins in North America. 1916 Gibson F4 with arched and carved top, curled scroll and oval soundhole. The mandolin has had a place in North American culture since the 1880s, when a "mandolin craze" began. [1] [2] The continent was a land of immigrants, including Italian immigrants, some of whom brought their mandolins with them.
Brent in 2016 playing a fan-fretted mandolin. Joseph Frederick Brent (born April 6, 1976) is an American composer, mandolinist, multi-instrumentalist, [1] and teacher. He is known for his performances and arrangements of rock and indie songs, as well as his original compositions with the ensemble 9 Horses. [2] [3] He teaches classical mandolin ...
The bluegrass mandolin style. The mandolin has been a core instrument in bluegrass music from the beginning, along with guitar, fiddle, banjo, upright bass, and sometimes dobro . In the performance of bluegrass music, each instrument has a specific part to play. The mandolin fills three roles at different times during a tune.
After the Navy, Solivan decided to form his own band. Besides Solivan (mandolin), the current lineup of Dirty Kitchen includes Mike Munford (banjo), Chris Luquette (guitar), and Jeremy Middleton (bass). The band name is a reference to the gourmet meals Solivan prepares for friends and family (and the title of one of Solivan's instrumental songs).
Ugo Orlandi. Ugo Orlandi (born in Brescia, 1958) is a musicologist, a specialist in the history of music, a university professor and internationally renowned mandolinist virtuoso. [1] [2] Among worldwide musicians, professional classical musicians are a small group; among them is an even smaller group of classical mandolinists. [3]
Mandolin playing traditions worldwide. Italian mandolin virtuoso and child prodigy Giuseppe Pettine (here pictured in 1898) brought the Italian playing style to America where he settled in Providence, Rhode Island, as a mandolin teacher and composer. Pettine is credited with promoting a style where "one player plays both the rhythmic chords and ...