Can you tune A mandola like an octave mandolin?

Most players picking up an Octave mandolin or mandola will more than likely own a mandolin already. If so, either one will be easy to adapt to. The octave because it is tuned the same, the mandola because it is closer to mandolin in size, and the same basic scale patterns work, you just need to match the key.

What tuning is A mandola?

The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola (C3-G3-D4-A4), a fifth lower than a mandolin.

Is an octave mandola the same as an octave mandolin?

The octave mandolin (US and Canada) or octave mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted string instrument with four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G−D−A−E (low to high), an octave below a mandolin.

Can you use mandolin strings on A mandola?

Re: mandola with mandolin strings Likely the tension will be too low at mandola tuning (CGDA), and they will buzz, or they will be too tight at mandolin tuning (GDAE), and they will break.

Can you put mandolin strings on A mandola?

Yes, they are long enough.

Is the mandola hard to play?

The mandolin is thought to be one of the more difficult of all of the stringed instruments. It is definitely one of the most unique, to say the least. The sound that is produced by the mandolin is very different when compared to its close relative guitar.

What is the meaning of a mandola?

noun. an early lute resembling a large mandolin.

What is the easiest bluegrass instrument to learn to play?

Both fiddle and mandolin are extremely well suited for playing melody; their smaller size permits them to be tuned much ‘simpler’, making them the easiest instrument to play intuitively—in any key!