instrument info

[mandomann1957]

could someone email me, please, any info on tuning and playing an octive mandolin or where I might find it

Thank you Bill http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Jim Garber]

First of all, there is a whole section on ocatave mandolins (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=SF;f=16) right on this board.

Second, here is the OM primer (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/octave.html) by John McGann.

Good luck,
Jim

[Michael Lewis]

The octave mandolin is tuned one octave below a standard mandolin, and played the same (if you can get your fingers in the right places because of the stretched out fingerboard).