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Originally Posted by arktrav
I have just made a deal on a Weber mandola. Any thoughts on how best to use what I know about a mandolin and transfer it to the mandola. Any book recommendations?
thanks
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Not much of a music theorist, but I think you'll find the fingering is the same as mandolin, although the chords are different. I assume you will tune it CGDA.
I've had a Weber Bridger mandola for about 12 years. It's a wonderful sounding, playing instrument that allows me to approximate the sound of a mandolin with a capo, and a deeper sound toward an octave mandolin uncapoed. Sold my mandolin and octave, kept the dola.
When you start surfing for mandola info, you'll find a lot of confusion regarding tuning and scale lengths.
It's a great instrument.