Re: Tell Me About Playing Mandola Vs. Mandolin
Quite a bit depends on the relative scales of the two instruments; the mandola's longer, but how much longer? There's no absolute standard for scale lengths, and the difference may vary from a couple inches, to well over six inches on the Sobell I've put in mandola tuning.
I find that I may use a few more open strings on the mandola, to avoid the more extreme stretches. And more use of the little finger. "Related, but different," is the way I approach playing both melody and chords.
Allen Hopkins
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