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Date Posted: 03:40:45 11/09/05 Wed
In reply to:
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's message, "Re: mandolin" on 04:04:38 11/04/05 Fri
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>>> Mandolins evolved from the Lute family in Italy
>>>during the 17th -18th centuries,
>>>and the deep bowled mandolin produced particularly in
>>>Naples became
>>>a common type in the19th century.
>>>The original instrument was the mandola ( mandorla is
>>>almond in Italian and
>>>describes the instrument body shape) and evolved in
>>>the 15th century from the lute.
>>>A later, smaller mandola was developed and became
>>>known as a mandolina.
>>>
>>>The 20th century saw the rise in popularity of the
>>>mandolin for celtic, bluegrass,
>>>jazz and classical styles.
>>>Much of the development of the mandolin from
>>>neapolitan bowl back
>>>to the flat back style is thanks to Orville Gibson
>>>(1856 - 1918)
>>>and Lloyd Loar, his chief designer.
>>>Further back, around 15,000 - 8,000 BC, single
>>>stringed instruments have
>>>been seen in cave paintings. They were bowed, struck
>>>and plucked.
>>>From these, the families of instruments developed.
>>>Single strings were long
>>>and gave a single melody line. To shorten the scale
>>>length (see more ..),
>>>other strings were added with a different tension so
>>>one string took over
>>>where another left off. In turn, this led to diads
>and
>>>chords (see chords).
>>>The bowed family became the rabob, rebec and then the
>>>fiddle becoming
>>>the violin and modern family by 1520 (incidentally
>>>also in Naples).
>>>The plucked family led to lute-like instruments in
>>>2000 BC Mesopotamia,
>>>and developed into the Oud or Ud before appearing in
>>>Spain in 711 courtesy of the Moors.
>>>
>>>Over the next centuries, frets were added and the
>>>strings doubled to courses
>>>leading to the first Lute appearing in the 13th
>>>Century.
>>>The history of the Lute and the Mandolin are
>>>intertwined from this point.
>>>The Lute gained a 5th course by the 15th century, a
>>>6th a century later and up to
>>>13 courses in its heyday. As early as the 14th
>century
>>>a miniature Lute or Mandora appeared.
>>>Similar to the mandola, it had counterparts in Arab
>>>countries (Dambura) and Assyria (Pandura).
>>>From this, the Mandolino (a small gut strung Mandola
>>>with 6 strings tuned g b e' a' d'' g''
>>>sometimes called the Baroque Mandolin and played with
>>>a quill, wooden plectrum or finger-style) was
>>>developed in several places in Italy but seems to
>have
>>>became known as the Mandolin in early 18th century
>>>(around 1735) Naples.
>>>
>>>The 'modern' often termed Neapolitan mandolin
>>>(bowl-back, 4 course paired metal strings) appeared
>>>about 100 years later in around 1830.
>>>The style was adopted and developed by others,
>notably
>>>in Rome giving two distinct but similar types of
>>>mandolin - Neapolitan and Roman. many of the best
>>>players chose the Roman made mandolins. The
>>>development of the Mandolino in Rome seems to have
>>>followed a slightly different course from that in
>>>Naples with many innovations of the Mandolina and
>>>later the Mandolin.
>>>
>>>Classic 'modern' mandolins were made by the Vinaccia
>>>family (mid-1700s onwards) in direct continuance from
>>>their mandolinos and Calace (1863 - onwards) in
>Naples
>>>and Luigi Embergher (1856 - 1943), Ferrari family
>>>(1716 - onwards also originally mandolino makers) and
>>>De Santi (1834 - 1916) in Rome.
>>>It is widely accepted that the evolution of the
>>>mandolin to the modern style is attributed to the
>>>Vinaccia family.
>>>
>>>Mandolins became very popular and many lower grades
>>>were produced
>>>so that tourists (on the Grand Tour) could take home
>a
>>>mandolin.
>>>Often these were only fit to hang on walls as
>>>souvenirs and were brought back in their thousands.
>>>Some are playable but none match the workmanship and
>>>playability of the great makers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>© Paul Slater 2001 contact paul@banjolin.supanet.com
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