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Mandola vs Mandolin - What's the difference?

mandola | mandolin |

Mandola is a related term of mandolin.


As nouns the difference between mandola and mandolin

is that mandola is (musical instruments) a stringed musical instrument larger than a mandolin while mandolin is (music) a stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin they have either a bowl back or a flat back.

mandola

English

Noun

(wikipedia mandola) (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument larger than a mandolin

    • mandolin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back.
  • A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline).
  • (military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets.

    • Derived terms

    * mandolinist

    Related terms

    * mandola, manjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin

    External links

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