Mandolins & Mandolas

Mandolins, Mandolas & Bouzoukis For Sale – We offer a range of Mandolins which are tuned GDAE like a violin. Mandolas which is the big brother of the Mandolin and has 8 strings [4 pairs] and tuned in 5ths. The Mandola retains the high-tension stringing but allows lower parts to be played. The Tenor Mandola is tuned CGDA like a viola. Octave Mandolas [aka Octave Mandolin] are popular because of their suitability for celtic music, being tuned like a mandolin [GDAE] but an octave lower. below a Mandolin. Bouzoukis usually have 8 strings tuned to either GDAE or GDAD. Citterns used by today’s folk-bands has its ancestors in the renaissance Citterns have 10 strings [5 courses] and don’t seem to have a ‘standard tuning’ so ADADA, ADGAD, or DGDAD are in common use.   If you have any questions – or require more information – please don’t hesitate to call us on 01524 410202 or email sales@promenademusic.co.uk – Back to to the All folk instruments.

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