Liuto cantabile
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Liuto Cantabile is a ten-stringed mandocello
first build by Luigi Embergher in the late 19th century. It was used a bass instrument in the mandolin
quartet.
The instrument belonged to the mandolin family that instead of being strung with 4 double strings tuned like the violoncello, was given an extra highest string pair. The tuning of the liuto cantabile (or liuto moderno as it was also named) was: CC-GG-dd-aa-e'e'. This bass variant of the Mandolin family was created by the famous Neapolitan luthiers of the Vinaccia family in the late 19th Century and perfected by Raffaele Calace
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A number of works was written for it, though eventually it was replaced by the regular mandocello. It is however, still being used.
Calace Liuto Cantabile Fret Scale: 61 cm (24")
Mandocello
The mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It has eight strings in four paired courses, tuned in 5ths like a mandolin, but is larger, and tuned CC-GG-dd-aa . It is to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.-Construction:Mandocello construction is similar to the...
first build by Luigi Embergher in the late 19th century. It was used a bass instrument in the mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
quartet.
The instrument belonged to the mandolin family that instead of being strung with 4 double strings tuned like the violoncello, was given an extra highest string pair. The tuning of the liuto cantabile (or liuto moderno as it was also named) was: CC-GG-dd-aa-e'e'. This bass variant of the Mandolin family was created by the famous Neapolitan luthiers of the Vinaccia family in the late 19th Century and perfected by Raffaele Calace
Raffaele Calace
Raffaele Calace was an Italian mandolin player and composer.He was born in Naples, Italy as the son of Antonio Calace, a successful instrument maker. Raffaele was initially trained to become a musician. At the same time, he discovered the possibilities of the mandolin and soon he became an...
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A number of works was written for it, though eventually it was replaced by the regular mandocello. It is however, still being used.
Calace Liuto Cantabile Fret Scale: 61 cm (24")