Does anyone know what exact differences existed between the mandolino
and the mandola in the 18th century? Were the two terms really
interchangeable? Was the mandola just a mandolino with one added bass
course? Did they share a common tuning and playing technique?
From what I gather from searching the WEB, the answer to those
questions would be yes, but I am still puzzled and would like to have
the opinion of mandolino/mandola players and instrument makers if at all
possible. And maybe also linguists: why two words?
Thanks in advance,
Alain
PS: I have read James Tyler's article on the mandolino in Early Music,
1981, but don't have a copy of his book "The early mandolin".
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