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A Systematic Approach to Names for the Instruments of the Mandolin Family
 

 

Name in the Mandolin Family

Tuning

Name in the Violin Family

Choir

Range of the voice

Mandolin

G D A E

G D A E

Violin

Soprano

  

Mandola

C G D A

C G D A

Viola

Alto

Fifth lower than the soprano

Octave Mandolin

G D A E (one octave lower than a Mandolin)
 

Tenor

Octave lower than the soprano

Mando-Cello

C G D A (one octave lower than a Mandola)

C G D A (octave lower than the

Cello

Bass

Octave lower than the Alto

Mando-Bass

   E A D G
Double Bass
   

Bouzouki

D A D A
D G B E
G D A E
D A F C
     

Cittern