Irish Bouzouki, mandola, octave mandolin? Which is which?

[robertadair]

Finally, someone who knows how to clearly teach and explain these wonderful instruments and their place in music! 🤗. Wishing you every success!!

[Tonka-oslt]

I have watched a hundred videos trying explaining the difference. This is the one that has nailed it. Thank You! Well done

[coeadaparada]

Best explanation of the differences, EVER! Thanks so much for clarifying. 🙏🏼

[RachelHardy]

This video is extremely informative! Thank you both for the great explanation. P.S. Sergio, love your hurdy gurdy content

[mauricemcmurry]

A lovely range of voices. Very nice looking and sounding Instruments!

[chrishadwin]

This video was very good explaining the differences. Best one. Thank you for sharing.

[teddyb]

New to these instruments and as a non instrumentalist this was so clearly explained. Thank you :-)

[lefty]

Thank you for the wonderful explanation! I am looking forward to owning one of your fine Irish Bouzouki's!

[juliaabatemarco]

Great video! Thanks for the clear and concise explanation.

[eberfish]

Wonderful explanation. Straight to the point. Finally, someone who sheds light on the confusing gobbledegook with just a few easy to understand basics. You just made my day

[maxwellfan]

Nicely demonstrated, thank you, answers lots of questions when making a choice.

[CyberDaft]

Very useful informations explained. Thank you.

[rkhan]

fantastic, really clears it up thank you

[petrzajic]

Thank you! That was awesome explanation! :) It finally helped me understand what the heck is going on.

[MeneerHerculePoirot]

It's actually pretty simple. The mandolin is tuned G D A E. The octave mandolin is tuned an octave lower. The mandola is tuned C G D A. The mandocello is tuned an octave lower.

EDIT: The Irish bouzouki is essentially a mandocello with a different body shape. A Greek bouzouki is tuned D-G-B-E with octave strings on the D and G and unison strings on the B and E. Think of it as 2/3 of a standard 12 string. Traditionally the Greek bouzouki has a bowl back, but as with the rest of the mandolin family modern players have gone to arched and flat backs.

[themadnessofspace]

So informative, thank you! I’ve been playing the Mandola for a few years now but am looking to upgrade and am struggling to find a good Mandola less than 3K! I might just invest in an octave mandolin and learn that

[nolo]

i've learned... there are no tuning rules... my irish bouzouki gets tuned differently all the time 😅 i love it

[Procedentesinvictoria]

I thought Bouzouki was Greek. This video is excellent! Thank you. You answered my questions.

[sebastianschuler]

Waiting for an additional video with sound samples. That would be great!

[jamespuleo]

CGDA is also the tuning of the Tenor Banjo, which was popular in American jazz bands until displaced by electric guitars.