I bought a mandola via ebay that was advertised as a mandolin, but has a scale lenght of 43 cm. It's a nice instrument by Cortez, but it's not what I expected.
Now I'm torn between keeping it and adding a mandola to my collection and sending it back.
I didn't find any method books for mandola.
I tried to play it with mandolin fingering but for the seventh fret, I had to shift position.
For a one-finger-per-fret fingering on the other hand, the frets seem to narrow.
Is there an official way how to fret the mandola or does it depend on the player and the situation?
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