Explore the Mandolin Family! Mandola, Octave Mandolin, Mandocello, Tenor Guitar, Bouzouki, Etc!

[@WC_Beer_Reviews]

Lloyd Loar played a custom 10 string mandola, I believe you can find old pictures of his work bench and see it

[@redaleta]

Love the sound of the Bouzouki!!! Started the Mandolin a little over a month ago and now I want a Bouzouki.

[@celticdadgad]

Thank you for putting out this video. I'm a big fan and Patron student of yours. My Cittern is tuned, G, D, G, D, G. I have a dedicated Irish Bouzouki that I tune. G, D, A, D and my octave mandolin is tuned G, D, A, E same as mandolin. The good thing is that the Irish Tenor Banjo is also tuned G, D, A, E. These instruments give my Celtic Band lots of tonal variety which also adds that certain authentic sound to the various Celtic tunes the band plays.

[@MrOj53]

'm a guitar player, meeting fiddle playing people, got me a fiddle, but I wanted to learn accord, the mandolin was tuned like a fiddle, so I bought a mandolin. I am still in training. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! ​

[@isabelgoyer6140]

Fantastic summary! Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

[@ised-5239]

The 5:11 instrument is a mandoliola (mandolin and mandola hybrid) or simply liola or contralto mandoliola and 7:19 is an octave mandoliola or baritenor mandoliola.

[@AmosTheTalented]

I finally was able to purchase an octave mandolin!

[@namelesswanderer9315]

Which one and how is it?

[@charliesimar7541]

I like mandolin for rock, pop and jazz. Its combination of percussion and harmonic effects wrapped around a melody makes for a lot of fun on a solo gig.

[@tao694t]

thanks - that was a great lecture on mandos . . . .

[@thorwaldspangenberg]

I love to play the mandolin. Maybe one day I will buy an octave mandolin, but for now there is so much to discover on the mandolin for me. :-)

[@toothandsticks]

This is a great overview. I love your penchant to spontaneously break into "Shove the Pig's Foot" during your demos. Great tune!

[@danstune]

I would suppose playing alone at home, fiddle tunes and Irish traditional songs are fine on the mandola. I have just purchased a flattop mandola, hoping to continue to play the music I have studied under you for the last decade. I look forward to hearing this difference. Thanks for explaining the variances. Have a great day, Baron!

[@JMFingerstyle]

Uh oh. You've got me jonesing for a cittern and I can barely play the mandolin! 🤣 Great video, Baron! Ironically it was your video from a few years back where you compared mandolin, mandola, and octave mandolin that got me started down this path!

[@tadhgmulligan]

Great collection of instruments! Each with their own niche! I’d love them all

[@longtalljay]

Congrats on finally having collected a great example of each type. For most of us, that never happens. My D-35 is my only lifetime instrument.

[@isabelgoyer6140]

Who makes the bouzouki? It's beautiful and sounds great.

[@StevDoesBigJumps]

It's interesting to see how far the bridge is moved up and the next extended on modern mandolins. I have an old one with about as many frets as a lute before the neck meets the body. It shadows the evolution of the mandore from the lute, and baroque and romantic guitars from the renaissance guitar.

[@wesleykalor5267]

Very good presentation of these instruments. I'm currently building a bouzouki banjo. It will be fun to hear and play. Thanks.

[@Shuvah2Him]

I have been seeing different sizes of ukuleles tuned with mandolin Mandela and octave mandolins. Can you do a show on that idea?

[@martinwall690]

Thanks for this super-helpful video! I really like your comparisons in style of music. I am trying to choose between Greek bouzouki, Irish bouzouki and cittern. Your video has pushed me towards cittern as I play a lot of medieval music and love Scandinavian music, which is so close to medieval already. Well done and thanks again

[@ClaytonLovendale]

It makes sense if you also play the guitar. You would be comfortable with the width of the frets. I had a chance to play one about twenty years ago. It has been on my bucket list for a long time. I wish I had the money. I love the deep tones, as well as the extended sustain. I also play the mandolin, and violin, and have the ostave mandolin. Beautiful instruments all.

[@stephenbouchelle7706]

I am really happy with my Eastman A style F hole, but for some reason I mostly play my cheap Kentucky Army Navy (pancake) mandolin. This channel is great. You have some beautiful instruments.

[@johnmurdoch8534]

Mandolas seem to be somewhat popular in irish music..obviously the octave mandolin is superseding it i think.

[@jeffarey1242]

Well done!

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

41st subscriber LIKE; 343rd desktop view... no such thing as 'too many instruments...' - some good assortment of ear-candy in this episode; my ears are smiling.

[@ibcornish]

Thanks for the video, very useful. I thought I was looking for a mandola to supplement my mandolin, but a 10 string may give me both sounds and not take up space (important as I live on a boat)

[@leonardomendes8684]

What brands would you guys recommend? eastman? Gold tone?

[@jason_learns]

Thanks! This was a lot of great info!

[@zenjimusic]

I saw “baritone mandolin” mentioned on a performance video form an artist I like and have been puzzled looking for it since, does anyone know what it is/could be? My guess is an Octave Mandolin, any info appreciated!

[@rongplanet]

Many thanks for the very helpful comparison video. Btw, is the Tenor Guitar a custom build - are they still making them?

[@M-David-Hakoh]

What about a Banjolin / Mandolin Banjo ?

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

Banjolin = Bangiolino (Small Banjol) = Bangiolin Banjola = Bangiola (Banjol) = Bangiol Banjolone = Bangiolone (Large Banjol) = Large Bangiol Banjocello = Bangioloncello (Small Large Banjol) = Small Large Bangiol You Learn About The Joke At ‘Newest’ Comments Sort By

[@JMFingerstyle]

Baron, can you share the maker of the cittern you used in this video?

[@JMFingerstyle]

Never mind! An image search shows it's a Stefan Sobell. Beautiful instrument!

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

15:00 It’s A Bouzouki, But The Irish Have It Tuned Like A Joke (Fiddle) For Their Music A Bouzouki is like a Guitar but Tuned Down A Whole Step A Guitar = 7 Strings (B E A D G B E) A Barialto Guitar = 7 Strings (A D G C F A D) A Bouzouki = 6 (Singular, Unison or Octave) Strings (D G C F A D)

[@frankking781]

I got a 12 string guitar witch l tune up octave on mando on the top 4 courses , Cheaper way to get an octave mando .

[@davidkerr2945]

This may be a strange question, but when I try and find an Octave Mandolin for sale I only ever get mandolins. Is an Octave literally just a mandolin with different strings and tune, or does it have an entirely different body/frame?!

[@mandobaron]

It's a totally different instrument with a much longer scale length. My favorite budget octave is the Eastman MDO-305

[@binary132]

Now I’m going to have to look at cittern videos…

[@gregadams6055]

I think you forgot about one. The tater bug.

[@robynstanley8598]

Awesome ty

[@saoirsepaddy]

I see you have 3 row button accordion behind ya that type do you have ? I have Saltarelle Awen Diatonic Button Accordion BC, 30 button Anglo Concertina CG & bunch of harmonicas. I have 3 types of Long Scale Citterns in different woods. I play Old Time fiddle tunes, bluegrass, Jazz, Classical, Irish fiddle tunes and Beatles & Doors on all my instruments. ''What is a traditionalist some one is stuck in the mud and blind !! Take Bluegrass until Clarence White & Doc Watson there was No Solo Guitar they were just back up instrument. Take Irish traditional music there was no Bouzouk until Andy Irvine brought back a Greek Bouzouk from Eastern Europa Dónal Lunny ask Andy if he could have the Greek Bouzouk ? Andy said go ahead. Dónal restring the Bouzouk with double courses strings and dropping the octave strings. Take David Grisman dawg music the traditionalist had a hard time with dawg music . ''REMEMBER Bill Monroe took old time hillbilly music and throw in some jazz onto the music and call it bluegrass !! You can't play this or that music with that instrument !!! That statement is total Horse Cookies !! I seen this Englishman play Johann Sebastian Bach Anglo Concertina it blow me away ! I say again traditionalist some one is stuck in the mud and blind !!

[@saoirsepaddy]

I can play Foggy Mountain Breakdown on my 10 String Irish Cittern D G D A D or D G D A E tunings

[@mandobaron]

Agreed!

[@saoirsepaddy]

@@mandobaron This guy ordered Nordic string style silver-plated classical string with thinner phosphor bronze octave Long Scale by Cittern Lawrence Nyberg. I really want to try this Nordic string style on my Ziricote Nyberg Cittern to see how it sound with these Old Time , Irish & Bluegrass tunes. It fun trying difference tunings it keep it refreshing anew . I would love to get mandocello one day & play some Bach cello suite. This guy Osamu Kise does a great job playing Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude on Irish Bouzouki . I enjoy your video's Baron always learn something new :)

[@stephenhill6003]

Virtual petting zoo :-)

[@DarrenTraylor]

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[@GuitarUniverse2013]

so I guess you could call this posting, "Mondo Mando"? i'm afraid you lost me along the way when you started talking about, "it's like the top four strings of the guitar tuned an octave lower, kind of like a Mandola tuned like a Mandocello... I was really looking forward to learning about the mandolin family but I just got so confused by all these different tunings and what not and I would've definitely preferred less talk and more playing. You've got a great touch on your instruments! I still don't have a grasp on instruments in the mandolin family.