Euge wrote: > >Even more horrific for the classification of chordophones, when Sobell >decided to build instruments in roughly the size and configuration of >octave mandolas in the latter half of the 20th c., he saw a picture in an >old book and decided to call his instruments "cittern" and "bouzouki," >which they clearly are not! Unfortunately, his terms have persisted and >become popular amongst those who use such instruments in Irish and Scottish >music. Granted, they usually use odd open tunings. > > > Round here (Nova Scotia) I have heard the folkies refer to this species as "mandocello". The term was probably introduced to avoid confusion (Ha! ha!) Marcus
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