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CuerdasDulces

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What's the name of this instrument? 
I've always wanted to know. in this Tomatito video you can see it at 1:45.
Someone said that it's a Laud but I dont think so. Is it a spanish mandolin?

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CuerdasDulces

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RE: What's the name of this instrument? (in reply to CuerdasDulces) 
ok just found the website where I got the picture from http://www.koivistoguitars.com/
I can only understand Flamenco Laud...
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 11 2010 22:18:14
 
Wannabee

 

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RE: What's the name of this instrument? (in reply to CuerdasDulces) 
I believe it's a Portuguese "pear-shaped" guitar.

Or at least that's what I've been told.
but I just looked it up on google, and it's not the same.

Hmmm.

Here's a tenor mandolin (mandola)

http://www.virtualsorrento.com/en/arti/musica/strumenti_plettro/mandola.htm

here's a Portuguese guitar:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5162014_learn-portuguese-guitar-music.html

Not sure what to call that thing you pictured there.

Here's a "flamenco laud" :



Here's the one that plays with Tomatito:



I could be wrong, but isn't the one you are looking for having wire strings and singled courses? (not double strings)
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 11 2010 22:30:16
 
CuerdasDulces

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RE: What's the name of this instrument? (in reply to Wannabee) 
I dont think that it's any of those Potuguese instruments. The one in the Zyriab video has a similar sound but it is not the same, it has a shorter neck and more strings. here's a clip that shows it again, Josemi Carmona plays https://www.flamenco-world.com/videos_productos/dvd_herencia_flamenca.htm (it's the second clip)
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 11 2010 22:57:16
 
kovachian

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RE: What's the name of this instrument? (in reply to CuerdasDulces) 
That sir, I believe is a mandocello. Their size and body shape can vary from the pear-shape in that video to the 'standard' guitar shape, and a few might have five courses of strings (pictured - big guy in the middle) but a majority make do with the standard four.



I won't pass this off as unquestionable fact, but this is my best guess.

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 12 2010 17:30:05
 
Wannabee

 

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RE: What's the name of this instrument? (in reply to kovachian) 
Although the instruments you showed look similar, I think there are some differences.

the one in the Tomatito video, seems to be single strung whereas the ones you show have double courses (presumably octave strings).

The one in the Tomatito vid has a fixed bridge with the strings tied to it, similar to a flamenco or classical guitar.

The instruments you show have strings running right to the back of the body and attaching somewhere at the bottom.

At this point I have no clue other than to guess that it's possibly a variation of a
"flamenco laud".?

But I have no clue.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 12 2010 19:29:51
 
estebanana

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RE: What's the name of this instrument? (in reply to CuerdasDulces) 
That could be an instrument played in Algeria and North Africa called a Mandola. It is used in Al Andalus music and many Berber singers accompany themselves with this instrument.

The one in the first photo is set up to have four doubled courses, presumably of metal strings. If it is the mandola from North Africa that I am thinking of it will have a flat back, and the courses tuned in unison. There's also a Celtic instrument from Ireland that is very similar. I forget what they call them.

Do you know who made that one in the first photo? It is really well done.

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