Bandola

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Bandola
Bandolallanera.jpg
Bandola llanera
Classification String instrument (plucked)
Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322
(Composite chordophone)
Related instruments

The bandola is one of many varieties of small pear-shape chordophones found in Venezuela and Colombia. They are related to the bandurria and mandolin.

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Traditional varieties

Bandola Oriental Bandola oriental.jpg
Bandola Oriental
Domra (left) and Bandola Llanera (right) Domra and bandola.jpg
Domra (left) and Bandola Llanera (right)

Instruments known as bandola include: [1]

Modern varieties

See also

References

  1. Dale Olsen; Daniel Sheehy (17 December 2007). Handbook of Latin American Music, Second Edition. Routledge. pp. 300–. ISBN   978-1-135-90008-3.
  2. Biblioteca de Autores y Temas Tachirenses. 1961. p. 133.
  3. Aldemaro Romero (2004). El joropo llanero y el joropo central. SACVEN. p. 59. ISBN   978-980-6563-03-2.
  4. Atlas de tradiciones venezolanas. Fundación Bigott. 1998. p. 130.
  5. "The Stringed Instrument Database: Index". Stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. "The Colombian Andean Bandola" by Luis Alberto Paredes Rodriguez and Manuel Bernal Martinez, American Lutherie #96 Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine , 2008