bandol (instrument)
The bandol, bandola, or criolla mandolin is a string instrument in Trinidad and Tobago with four double courses of strings, totaling eight strings. It is the tenor representative of the mandolin family on Trinidad. Another member is the higher pitched Trinidadian bandolin.
Also recorded as criolla mandolin
bandol (instrument)
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- Bandol
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- bandola
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- Trinidad and Tobago
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The bandol, bandola, or criolla mandolin is a string instrument in Trinidad and Tobago with four double courses of strings, totaling eight strings. It is the tenor representative of the mandolin family on Trinidad. Another member is the higher pitched Trinidadian bandolin.
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On the bandol, thelower two courses are strung with one steel string and one nylon for each course, and the higher two courses have all nylon (or gut) strings. The bandol is used in Trinidadian parang music, accompanied by "cuatro, maracas" (the main instruments) and the bandolin.
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• Name — Bandol • Background — string • Classification — String instrument • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone • Developed — Trinidad • Related — Mandolin, Mandola, Bandola
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- 1.Lise Winer. Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 50–. 16 January 2009. 978-0-7735-7607-0.
- 2.Rebecca S. Miller. Carriacou String Band Serenade: Performing Identity in the Eastern Caribbean. Wesleyan University Press. 223–. 2007. 978-0-8195-6858-8.
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