mandora

...The tuning method is the same as that of a violin, with fifth intervals. It was derived from the mandora, a type of lute, around the 18th century. There were two types: the Neapolitan type with four double strings and the Milanese type with six double strings, but the latter soon fell out of use, while the former was improved in the second half of the 19th century and is still widely used today. It was imported to Japan during the Meiji period. ...

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…調弦法はバイオリンと同じ5度間隔をとる。18世紀ころにリュート属の一型マンドーラmandoraから分かれてできたもので，4複弦のナポリ式，6複弦のミラノ式があったが，後者はまもなく衰え，前者は19世紀後半に改良が行われて，今日まで盛んに用いられている。日本には明治時代に輸入された。…

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