Becoming a mandora enthusiast without having a mandora can only happen,
if first of all you like the music which has been written for this
instrument. Its standard tuning is equal to modern guitar tuning. There
have been mandoras tuned in E (like guitar) or one note lower in D. So
you can play this music directly from the tab on a modern guitar, or, as
you mentioned, on a Wandervogel lute. (But a lot of the original
repertoire is asking for another tuning where the lowest course is tuned
up a third (in E= e' - h - g - d - A - G).
The arrangements of the Mandora Website are all adapted for standard
tuning. Of course playing this music on guitar or Wandervogel lute
sounds - what else - like guitar or Wandervogel lute, but it can give
you an impression of what the music itself sounds like - and if you like
it. If you would like to hear how this music sounds played on mandora
please listen to what Rod Blocksidge offers on his vimeo channel (link
on www.mandora.de/audio).
Coming close to the mandora sound by using modern guitar or a
Wandervogel lute will be difficult because of their much higher string
tension. You can try to replace your strings by some lute strings with
less tension, but I'm not sure if this will be satisfying and makes a
good sound.
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Rainer Luckhardt
Holbeinstrasse 12
D-79312 Emmendingen
Tel. ++49/(0)7641 - 932803
Internet: www.seicentomusic.de
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Am 24.01.2020 um 14:15 schrieb Tristan von Neumann:
Can I become a Mandora enthusiast by using a Wandervogel lute?...
What's the stringing choice to come close to Mandora sound?
On 24.01.20 14:16, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Well done Rainer,
- let's hope this produces even more interest in this relatively
neglected but, once, popular little family of instruments.
regards
Martyn
On Friday, 24 January 2020, 13:06:47 GMT, Seicento/Rainer Luckhardt
<seicentomu...@arcor.de> wrote:
Hi all,
I would like to inform you that I have setup a new website
dedicated
to
the Gallichon/Mandora, where some information can be found, and
where
some music for solo mandora, songs with mandora or chamber
music with
mandora is already integrated and downloadable for free. You
can find
links to libraries which offer their digitized manuscripts with
mandora
music online. The website is in german and english language,
and it's
still a work in progress. So from time to time I will put in some
more
music (or audio files). Of course other mandora-enthusiast are
invited
to participate as well. The music is mostly unknown and taken from
different mss.
You can visit this page at: [1]www.gallichon. de or
[2]www.mandora.org
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SEICENTO-Notenversand
Rainer Luckhardt
Holbeinstrasse 12
D-79312 Emmendingen
Tel. ++49/(0)7641 - 932803
Internet: [3]www.seicentomusic.de
VAT/UID-Nr. DE 142 047 317
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References
1. [1]http://www.gallichon/
2. [2]http://www.mandora.org/
3. [3]http://www.seicentomusic.de/
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[4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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References
1. http://www.gallichon/
2. http://www.mandora.org/
3. http://www.seicentomusic.de/
4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
