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flac · 2994 days ago · link · · parent · post: (NOW WITH SONG) I BOUGHT A MANDOLIN TODAY. I WILL MAKE A SONG TONIGHT USING IT. IT WILL SUCK. I WILL POST IT HERE
Mhmm, Mandola is tuned like a cello (or, more accurately, viola), and is a fifth lower than violin. Same tuning scheme though - both are tuned to fifths. FUN FACT: There used to be a ton of all-mandolin orchestras way back when (I think the turn of the 20th century/end of the 19th?), and there are some rare mandolin-like instruments floating around as a byproduct. Same thing with banjos.