![]() ![]() The mandolin is easy, the same logic of the violin applies, and it has all the advantages of the guitar. French mandolinist Vincent Beer-Demander states the following: Niccolò Paganini, the famous genovese composer, violinist and guitarist, also started with the mandolin. It is part of a rich family of instruments that allows for a vast and interesting repertoire.Ī very large number of violinists and mandolinists have played or play these two instruments. The mandolin is an instrument in its own right, it is a major instrument that is entirely self-sufficient. As a violinist, I have always been very attracted to plucked strings. In fact, the mandolin is basically a violin without a bow, and it is played by plucking the strings. You have the same tuning among the strings. ![]() Between the violin and the mandolin, there is a fundamental link. Why the mandolin? I am a violinist myself. Vladimir Cosma, film score composer, who has also composed concertos for mandolin, explained the following on France Culture: Here below you will find an example with Vivaldi’s Mandolin Concerto in D major featuring Julien Martineau on the mandolin, accompanied by the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas for mandolin are also very often quoted. When it comes to classical music, Vivaldi and Beethoven are two of the most prominent mandolin concertos composers. Today, we can usually find mandolins with either a bowl back (Neapolitan mandolin) or a flat back (Gibson mandolin). Since the mandolin has never been really standardized in terms of sizes and shapes, it can be found in many forms. They are put together two by two and tuned together on the same frequency. We use the term “pairs of strings” because “each string has a twin string”. This means that it has 2 G strings, 2 D, 2 A and lastly 2 E strings. It has 4 pairs of metal strings that are equivalent to those of a violin. The mandolin is played by plucking the strings with the help of a pick, also known as plectrum. One of the signs of the popularity of the mandolin, and of its relationship with the violin, at that time, is the fact that Antonio Stradivari not only made violins but also mandolins. It experienced its boom during the 18th century with the Neapolitan mandolin, which is tuned in fifths just like the violin. It started out having very similar shapes to the lute and then evolved into its present shape. It has existed in dozens of different forms and tessitura. The mandolin is therefore a very old instrument that has been inherited from the lute. For example, the well-known image of the gentleman playing and singing a serenade to seduce a young lady… It is primarily associated with the Neapolitan song and its many serenades. It is a small short-necked lute that is used in classical, folk or traditional music. The mandolin is a plucked-stringed musical instrument originally from Italy. The mandolin can really improve your violinist performances and compositions. Your knowledge about the violin will help you to improve very quickly your mandolin practice and vice versa. The mandolin and the violin seem very different, the first one is part of the plucked string instruments and the second one of the bowed string instruments. Do you know all subtleties between these 2 music instruments? ![]()
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