mandolin

     

String instrument

Trivia about mandolin

  • This musical instrument was derived from the lute in the early 18th century
  • Vivaldi & Hummel wrote concertos for this pear-shaped guitarlike instrument
  • In Bruce Hornsby's "___ Rain"
  • This instrument heard here precedes "rain" in a Bruce Hornsby title
  • Neapolitan folk songs often feature the Neapolitan type of this lutelike instrument
  • This half-pear-shaped member of the Lute family is often played with tremolo strumming
  • Pear-shaped? Abso-lute-ly:NIL NOMAD
  • 2 types of this Italian plucked stringed instrument are the Neopolitan & the rarer Milanese
  • From the Italian for "small lute", this pear-shaped stringed instrument is widely used in gluegrass music