Hi Mark,
I have the book of lute tab and guitar music that is a companion to
Ronn's Scottish Lute CD. In the insert with the lute tab versions, the
tab for the mandora pieces has four lines. All but three (I believe)
of the pieces have letters above the top line and below the bottom
line. Thus, it appears he uses a five-course mandora. All the pieces
for mandora come from the Skene Mandora Book.
The introductory information at the front of the tab insert describes
the mandora as the smallest, highest member of the lute family, with
five single or double strings. It illustrates the usual tuning as
starting with g above the treble staff, descending to c, g, middle c,
and g below the treble staff.
Later, the insert mentions using a tuning of g above the treble staff,
d near the top of the staff, a in the middle of the staff, f at the
bottom of the staff and middle c for six of the mandora pieces.
Hope this helps.
Steve
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From: Mark Day <lautenmac...@gmail.com>
To: lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 9:55:02 AM
Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Mandora
Hello everyone,
Does anyone know where I could find information on the mandora - as
played by Ronn MacFarlane on "The Scottish Lute"? I would like to
build
one of these instruments.
Thank you,
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