Notes and Terminology
The octave mandolin (US and Canada),
termed the octave mandola in Britain
and Ireland and mandola in
continental Europe, 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.
The mandolin-banjo is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with
the neck and tuning of a mandolin and it has been independently invented
in more than one country, being called banjolin and banjourine in
English speaking countries, banjoline and bandoline in France, and the
Cümbüş in Turkey.
Mandolin Octave
Mandolin
Banjo
Banjolin Electric Mandolin
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