this is an elementary tuning question about the order of strings.
as i understand it, the mandolin is traditionally tuned in fourths, e-a-d-g. does that mean the "e" is bass and the "g" treble, or is it the other way round?
if, as i suspect, the order of strings is traditionally held to be re-entrant (i understand that to mean treble "e" up and bass "g" down, pointing towards the floor) then is it acceptable to reverse the order to something like a guitar? i started playing music on a guitar and find it very difficult to go down to find the bass notes.
i don't own a mandolin but i'm trying to convince my charango to behave like one. if you won't allow me - it - to make this transition then i'll call it a "citole" and suffer the consequences.
till then, dazed and confused and ever hopeful, i remain - bill
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