a ukulele with fingerboard, and its range is closer to that of a violin.
it was
Bill
Monroe who established the mandolin's pivotal position in the history of country music when Robert Gardner of Mac and Bob worked hard to popularize this instrument. In fact, the father of bluegrass music made the whole music world at that time fall for the beautiful sound of the mandolin in his hand.
Monroe was followed by Jesse McReynolds of Jim and Jesse, Bobby Osborne, the oldest theater star of Osborne
Brothers, and Texas Playboy Tiny
Moore and Jethro Burns. Mandolin broadens the scope of bluegrass music, while today's musicians
Ronnie McCooury, Sam Bush, David Grisman and Tim O'Brien continue p>Monroe's playing tradition.
the name of Mandolin was originally Italian "mandorla", which means
almond, and it is used to describe the shape of the piano body.
the mandolin body is more like a cut pear, about the size of a violin, with a total length of about
4 Cm. The back of the mandolin body bulges into a semicircle without a transverse plate. There are four pairs of complex strings, * * * has eight
strings, and 2% of them are divided into four groups. The tuning of the four strings is the same as that of the violin, that is, GDA < P > E. The tuning method is the same as the violin, with a five-degree interval.
in the early 2th century, Orville Gibson improved the design of mandolin's body, and changed it from an arched back plate to a flat back plate, which was popular in America.
◆◆◆◆ Features of mandolin
The mandolin is a lovely plucked instrument, and the sound of the piano is like a silver bell rolling, which is very
crisp and wonderful. Because it is a melody < P > instrument to be played with armor or Pick.
The fingerboard of the mandolin is buried with thin metal strips that are not found on the violin, so as to identify the scales
. It is a family musical instrument and a teaching musical instrument without having to practice hard to acquire the correct scales.
Because it is easy to play, it takes much less time to learn the same piece of music than the violin.
You can enjoy the fun of learning simply and making rapid progress.
The mandolin's vibrating and playing method can impress the audience most. It is often played with bass < P > instruments such as guitar, which is very popular with the public and can also be used as a solo. Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart
and other special composers have compiled many classical music for playing mandolin.
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