Tricordia

Tricordia,Mandriola
Classification	String instrument Plucked string instrument;
Playing range
	(a regularly tuned tricordia with 14 frets to body)
Related instruments
	Mandolin; Mandola; Octave mandola; Mandocello; Mandobass;

A bowlback mandriola manufactured by Oscar Schmidt Inc.

A tricordia (also trichordia or tricordio) or mandriola is a twelve-stringed variation of the mandolin.^[1] The tricordia is used in Mexican folk music, while its European cousin, the mandriola, is used identically to the mandolin. It differs from a standard mandolin in that it has three strings per course. Mandriolas only use unison tuning (G3 G3 G3 • D4 D4 D4 • A4 A4 A4 • E5 E5 E5), while tricordias use either unison tuning or octave tuning (G2 G3 G3 • D3 D4 D4 • A3 A4 A4 • E4 E5 E5).

References

^ ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - mandolins

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[1] ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - mandolins

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