What is Mandolin?
[[File:Mandolin MET DP169023.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A Neapolitan mandolin]] The '''mandolin''' is a [[musical instrument]], which literally means, a small soprano member of the lute family. It is played by hitting its [[string]]s and sounds similar in tone of a [[violin]] or a hammered [[dulcimer]]. The most common type of mandolin, which was first designed in [[Naples]], has eight strings. It has a body made of [[wood]] and a [[fingerboard]] which has [[fret]]s. {{Commonscat|Mandolins|mandolins}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Plucked string instruments]]