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-- Main.NeilMurray - 13 Nov 2008
---+ Mandolin

Essentially a smaller version of the lute, a<br /> mandolin is usually between 20 inches and 2 feet long.<br /> It has a straighter neck than does the lute--the end at<br /> which the pegs secure the strings tilts back only slightly,<br /> if at all. The mandolin is unusual for the number of<br /> strings it holds--from four to six pairs (eight to twelve<br /> strings total) or even more. A mandolin is typically<br /> played with a pick, both to protect the musician's fingers<br /> and because the strings are too close together to pluck<br /> accurately by hand.<br /> <br /> The mandolin has a sweeter sound than the lute and,<br /> because of its shorter strings, a higher pitch as well. Its<br /> great range of tone and expression have made it a favor-<br /> ite of Small bards, especially gnomes and halflings, who<br /> champion it as superior even to the lute.
---++++++ Bardic Music

_See [[lute]]._ _Among the most popular of the prime<br /> bardic instruments, the mandolin enables a performer to<br /> maintain one bardic music or virtuoso performance ef-<br /> fect while initiating another. Thus, a bard could maintain<br /> inspire competence on one listener while using suggestion<br /> on another._

Topic revision: r1 - 14 Nov 2008 - 00:18:12 - NeilMurray

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