Mandolin
noun
A small musical instrument that has a body shaped like a pear, a long neck, and four pairs of strings.
She plays the mandolin in a bluegrass band.
Often appears as...
- play the mandolin
- mandolin strings
noun
A tool used in the kitchen for slicing vegetables into thin pieces.
He used the mandolin to thinly slice the carrots.
Often appears as...
- use a mandolin
- mandolin slicer
noun
A small musical instrument that has a body shaped like a pear, a long neck, and four pairs of strings.
She plays the mandolin in a bluegrass band.
Often appears as...
- play the mandolin
- mandolin strings
noun
A tool used in the kitchen for slicing vegetables into thin pieces.
He used the mandolin to thinly slice the carrots.
Often appears as...
- use a mandolin
- mandolin slicer
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Pro Tip 1/3Music Genre
Associated with folk, bluegrass, and classical music.
The mandolin's sound is perfect for our folk tunes.
Pro Tip 2/3Playing Technique
Plucked or strummed with a plectrum, producing a unique twang.
He enchanted the audience by plucking the mandolin strings delicately.
Pro Tip 3/3Orchestra Use
Less common in orchestras, but adds distinct color when used.
The mandolin brought an unexpected but delightful sound to the symphony.
Pro Tip 1/3Music Genre
Associated with folk, bluegrass, and classical music.
The mandolin's sound is perfect for our folk tunes.
Pro Tip 2/3Playing Technique
Plucked or strummed with a plectrum, producing a unique twang.
He enchanted the audience by plucking the mandolin strings delicately.
Pro Tip 3/3Orchestra Use
Less common in orchestras, but adds distinct color when used.
The mandolin brought an unexpected but delightful sound to the symphony.
Pro Tip 1/3Music Genre
Associated with folk, bluegrass, and classical music.
The mandolin's sound is perfect for our folk tunes.
Pro Tip 2/3Playing Technique
Plucked or strummed with a plectrum, producing a unique twang.
He enchanted the audience by plucking the mandolin strings delicately.
Pro Tip 3/3Orchestra Use
Less common in orchestras, but adds distinct color when used.
The mandolin brought an unexpected but delightful sound to the symphony.
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A sci-fi vision of love...
And then there's this other island where there's just one songwriter who sits and plays mandolin for the ocean. And then there are others where there's no one and there never has been, and so you go just for the pleasure of touching your foot to sand that no foot has ever touched before.
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A sci-fi vision of love...
And then there's this other island where there's just one songwriter who sits and plays mandolin for the ocean. And then there are others where there's no one and there never has been, and so you go just for the pleasure of touching your foot to sand that no foot has ever touched before.
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Mary Schmich
American Journalist
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.
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Shamir
American Musician
I wrote all my songs on my main instruments, and the songs I would record in my bedroom were just acoustic guitar, mandolin, and sometimes bass. I really like the texture the mandolin added to my music, but my fingers were too big to play it... I could only do little riffs and whatever.
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Fernando Botero
Colombian Artist
I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.
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Rita Dove
American Poet
The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.
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John Fogerty
American Musician
That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
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Noel Redding
English Musician
At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.
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Emma Watson
British Actress
I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin.
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Page McConnell
American Musician
My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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Bill Monroe
American Musician
I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.
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Parker Posey
American Actress
I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!
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Mary Schmich
American Journalist
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.
Quote examples
Shamir
American Musician
I wrote all my songs on my main instruments, and the songs I would record in my bedroom were just acoustic guitar, mandolin, and sometimes bass. I really like the texture the mandolin added to my music, but my fingers were too big to play it... I could only do little riffs and whatever.
Quote examples
Fernando Botero
Colombian Artist
I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.
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Rita Dove
American Poet
The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.
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John Fogerty
American Musician
That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
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Noel Redding
English Musician
At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.
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Emma Watson
British Actress
I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin.
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Page McConnell
American Musician
My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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Bill Monroe
American Musician
I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice.
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Parker Posey
American Actress
I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!
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