a large mandolin, bearing six to eight courses of strings, in use during the Renaissance; a large mandolin a fifth below a standard mandolin
Mandola
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Mandoloncello
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a large mandolin, tuned an octave below a mandolin, also known as an octave mandolin
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a large mandolin, bearing six to eight courses of strings, in use during the Renaissance; a large mandolin a fifth below a st…
Mandolin
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a lute shaped instrument with four to six pairs of strings, a fretted fingerboard, played with a plectrum
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treble version of the Chinese lute, had originally 2 or 3 strings and 7 frets, but today may have up to 4 steel strings, and…
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a large lute popular both in Italy and England during the Renaissance with an elongated neck, fitted with two peg boxes, one…
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the meter of a four line stanza with eight, six, eight and six syllables per line
Common metre
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the meter of a four line stanza with eight, six, eight and six syllables per line
Gottuvadhyam
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instrument played in Southern India with six playing strings which pass over the top of the instrument, three drone strings a…