The Instruments of Music by Kallen Stuart A.;

Author:Kallen, Stuart A.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Instruments of Music
ISBN: 5538538
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-07-07T00:00:00+00:00

The Mandolin

The mandolin, popular in bluegrass and folk music, evolved from the mandora, a small lute with a short neck and eight strings. In the fourteenth century, the mandora was used to play high notes and fill out the sound of lute ensembles. The first mandolin, a smaller version of the mandora called the mandolina, appeared in Italy in the sixteenth century. This instrument had a bowl-shaped body and was brought in great numbers to the United States by southern and eastern European immigrants in the mid-1800s. During this era, families often whiled away the hours playing music on mandolins, guitars, zithers, and ukuleles. By the late 1890s, mail-order companies such as Montgomery Ward and Sears were selling thousands of mandolins every year.

In 1902 instrument maker Orville Gibson did away with the bowl-back mandolin and redesigned the instrument, which made it easier to hold and play. This change resulted in the pear-shaped Gibson A-4 with an arched top and a flat back. Gibson also introduced the Florentine or F-style, which had a decorative scroll near the neck and f-holes carved into the top. Over the decades, other manufacturers imitated Gibson’s innovations, but the Gibson F-5, which sold for $4,600 in 2012, was the most popular mandolin for bluegrass musicians. The $3,600 A-5 style was coveted for use in folk, classical, and Irish music.

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