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Mandolin vs Balalaika - What's the difference?

mandolin | balalaika |

As nouns the difference between mandolin and balalaika

is that mandolin is 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 while balalaika is a Russian musical instrument, similar to a guitar, with a triangular body.

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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    balalaika

    English

    (wikipedia balalaika)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A Russian musical instrument, similar to a guitar, with a triangular body.

    • Noun

    (nb-noun-m1)
  • a (l) (string instrument )

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