Assertion: mandolin | /r/HasProperty | tuned in fifth
Facets:
value: like the neapolitan mandolin
type: OTHER
value: the same as a violin
type: OTHER
value: with the strings
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The mandolin was tuned in fifths, like the Neapolitan mandolin.
text: The mandolin was tuned in fifths, like the Neapolitan mandolin.
text: Whatever the resemblance to a flatback mandolin, there are differences: the mandolin is a smaller instrument, the soprano member of its family, tuned in fifths with the strings having the same tuning and range as the violin.
text: Mandolins are tuned in fifths, typically g-d-a-e for a four string mandolin.
text: Mandolin is tuned in fifths the same as a violin, so there's a symmetry to the mandolin fingerboard that makes it relatively easy and logical to play (IMO).