Algerian mandole

Algerian mandole
String instrument
Other names	mandole, mondol
Classification	string
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.322 (flat-backed); (Chordophone with permanently attached resonator and neck, sounded by fingers or plectrum)
Inventor(s)	Jean Bélido and El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
Developed	1930s in Algeria in tradition of mandola and mandolin
Related instruments
	List Family Mandolin; Mandola; Octave mandolin; Mandocello; Mandobass; ; ;
More articles or information
	Music of Algeria, Chaabi music, Music of Kabyle people, Andalusian classical music, Andalusi nubah, Nuubaat

The Algerian mandole (mandol, mondol) is a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin, widely used in Algerian music such as Chaabi, Kabyle music and Nuubaat (Andalusian classical music).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The name can cause confusion, as "mandole" is a French word for mandola, the instrument from which the Algerian mandole developed. The Algerian mandole is not however a mandola, but a mandocello sized instrument.

The instrument has also been called a "mandoluth" when describing the instrument played by the Algerian-French musician, Hakim Hamadouche.^[4] However, the luthier for one of Hakim's instruments describes it as a mondole.^[5]

^ Marie Korpe (September 2004). Shoot the singer!: music censorship today. Zed Books. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-84277-505-9. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "mondol". atlasofpluckedinstruments.com. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ Marshall, Andy (2 February 2013). "Re: Algerian Mandole". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
^ "CARTE BLANCHE TO HAKIM HAMADOUCHE (21/01/2016) 20:30". musiquerebelle.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017. (from concert poster): Hakim Hamadouche mandoluth, voix
^ "Images tagged "jearc-hakim-hamadouche"". jearc.com. Jearc Lutherie. Retrieved 10 August 2017. (caption with photo of instrument): Mandole HH

[Korpe2004-1] Marie Korpe (September 2004). Shoot the singer!: music censorship today. Zed Books. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-84277-505-9. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[atlas-2] "mondol". atlasofpluckedinstruments.com. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[cafe-3] Marshall, Andy (2 February 2013). "Re: Algerian Mandole". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[4] "CARTE BLANCHE TO HAKIM HAMADOUCHE (21/01/2016) 20:30". musiquerebelle.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017. (from concert poster): Hakim Hamadouche mandoluth, voix

[5] "Images tagged "jearc-hakim-hamadouche"". jearc.com. Jearc Lutherie. Retrieved 10 August 2017. (caption with photo of instrument): Mandole HH

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