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Octave Mandolin question

BluePlanet · 2020-08-02 21:00:58

Do people ever use a capo on an octave mandolin to turn into a normal mandolin? I understand that it's possible to capo a bouzouki to turn it into an octave mandolin, so maybe they also go further down the neck to turn it into a mandolin?

02-08-2020 10:00pm

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Do people ever use a capo on an octave mandolin to turn into a normal mandolin?

I understand that it's possible to capo a bouzouki to turn it into an octave mandolin, so maybe they also go further down the neck to turn it into a mandolin?

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#2 01-10-2020 7:46am

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I have a mandolin and am not familiar with the octave mandolin but as far as I can tell the only difference is it has an extra octave of frets below where the mandolin scale stops so I don't see why you couldn't capo it up an octave on it and play it like a regular mandolin. Give it a try and see what happens!

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