Mandolin

 

Mandolin

 

Medieval Musicians

Medieval Musicians

 

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Medieval Music - Mandolin

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Mandolin

History, Facts and interesting information about Medieval music, specifically, Mandolin

 

Definition and Description of the Mandolin
Definition and description of the Mandolin: The Mandolin can be described as a small and beautifully shaped string instrument resembling the lute. The mandolin evolved from its Medieval predecessor which was called a Mandore, four-stringed instrument, strung with gut, which had evolved from the lute.  The modern cittern is also an extension of the mandolin family.

Family of Instruments: The Mandolin and Mandore belong to the family of String instruments.

Mandore

Mandore, Medieval predecessor of the mandolin

History of the Mandolin
The history of the Mandolin: The Mandolin

Medieval Musical Instruments - Mandolin
Medieval Musical instruments, including the Mandolin, would be used by the musicians of the period including the Waits, Minstrels or Troubadours. There were three categories of musical instruments in the Middle Ages - wind, string and percussion.
Terms of description were Bas instruments and Haut instruments. Bas referred to soft instruments (literally, "low," but referring to volume, not pitch) which were suitable for the chamber which included the vielle, rebec and other bowed strings, the lute and other plucked strings. Haut referred to loud instruments (literally "high" but referring to volume, not to pitch) which were suitable for outdoors which included the shawm, sackbut, pipe and tabor. Read the above history, facts and information about the Mandolin.

Musicians Medieval

The Waits

Medieval Music - Mandolin
The Medieval Times website provides interesting facts, history and information about the musicians and styles of music which scatter the history books including Mandolin. The Medieval Life and Times Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts about the fascinating subject of the lives of the people who lived during the historical period of the Middle Ages. The content of this article on Mandolin provides free educational details, facts and information for reference and research for schools, colleges and homework for history courses and history coursework.
 

 

 

Medieval Music - Mandolin

  • Read books from a history book club or watch the History Channel DVDs on Medieval Times
  • Music in Medieval Times
  • Musical Instruments
  • Definition of Mandolin
  • Medival Music and Instruments
  • Type of Instrument
  • History, facts and information

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