mandolins
Eight-stringed Italian instruments
Mandolins are stringed musical instruments with a rounded back and paired strings, played with a plectrum.
The mandolin belongs to the lute family and features prominently in Italian, bluegrass, and folk music: The mandolin solo cut through the ensemble.
A mandoline (sometimes spelled the same way) is a kitchen tool with adjustable blades for slicing vegetables into uniform pieces.
Thin flexible lines
- fretsWorries or string dividers
- plectrumString-plucking implement
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- soundholeOpening in acoustic instrument
tuning · pick · bluegrass · orchestra · acoustic · wooden · neck · bridge
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- NeapolitanOf a southern Italian city
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
Vivaldi · concerto · ensemble · melody · fingerpicking · strumming · chords · accompaniment
strings
Thin flexible lines
soundhole · tuning · pick · bluegrass · orchestra · acoustic · wooden · neck · bridge · body
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- NeapolitanOf a southern Italian city
Celtic · Vivaldi · concerto · ensemble · melody · fingerpicking · strumming · chords · accompaniment · serenade
slicer
Tool that divides thinly
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- julienneCut into thin strips
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
thin · uniform · cutting · kitchen · stainless · adjustable · guard · shredding · potatoes · cabbage
mandolinsbass guitars
Low-pitched electric stringed instruments
double basses · contrabass · bass fiddles · upright basses · contrabasses