OCTAVE MANDOLIN VS MANDOLIN | How are they different? How are they similar? 

Absolutely love the make up you are rocking. And ohyeah awesome vid. Being a new mando player I imidiatly subbed. Great channel

Great comparison. Your presentation was the final impetus for me to order the octave mandolin. I love it. I’ll never stop playing my standard Mando, but a new instrument is very motivating. Thanks!

I like the octave mandolin sound better - especially the sustain. You are tempting me to get one . Excellent content

Awesome comparison, well done!

Good reminder for me to use my pinky more often!

As I am getting older (70) (and after a lifetime of hand damage in the construction industry) I found regular guitar ever more difficult to play, especially forming chords like C or F.. but.. I have moved more to a Mandola where I have it strung with octave in the pairs (so 7 different strings) and find it much easier to play.. but still with a full sound. If you are struggling.. give these instruments (Mandola.. Octave Mandolin) a try.. Many of the basic chords use only 2 fingers.. I am currently converting a budget Epiphone AJ100 (6 String Guitar) to an 8 string (The longer headstock allows 8 Machine heads) in the 4 x 2 string configuration and hope it will contribute a more 'bassy' element missing from the mid range mandolin family. As Emma points out.. There is no real defined place in Music for these instruments.. Also..particularly useful for songwriters looking for inspiration.. See Sarah Jarosz..

Well and beautifully explained!

Hola Emma, soy de Chile 🇨🇱, un pais al sur del mundo. Me encantan tus videos, me gusta como interpretas las canciones, generas un ambiente lleno de emociones, principalmente alegría. Gracias por tus recomendaciones, pues he podido aprender cosas que no sabía sobre la mandolina y la mandolina de octava. Un abrazo. 🤗

I really love your music & video's Thumbs up Lady Em :) I always wonder one can do a bluegrass bluegrass mandolin chop on a octave mandolin. Last night I came across Sierra Hull video Bluegrass Mandolin Lesson: Octave Mandolin Strumming & Chopping with Sierra Hull || very enlightening video :) Also came across Craig Irving video's on Irish/folk Strumming Patterns very cool video's. I use to have a weber octave mandolin many yrs ago sadly the soundboard cave in on itself they forgot to put the braces on it. I really love the sound the octave mandolins . I ended on getting Long Scale 10 strings Irish Citterns , P.W.Crump lll , Long scale 3 Nyberg Citterns in different woods. I hoping to get a small scale cittern kinda like octave mandolin /mandola with 2 extra strings. Keep on picking Lady Em :)

Any suggestions for a mandolin with a wider neck? I played a mandolin for years but stopped as I couldn’t get used to the thin neck profile especially on the first few frets.

That was great thanks for posting. Do you also tune your octave to GDAD and play irish and celtic on it? If so would love to hear you do a song in both tunings sometime.

Good demonstration. I’m glad that you mentioned the OM‘s usefulness in accompanying singing in a worship setting. This is one of the reasons why I bought my OM recently. Would you consider doing a video using the OM to accompany singing a common hymn or two?

That was an interesting Arkansas Traveller comparison..I love the Octave Mandolin but it was definitely brighter sounding on the Stardard Mandolin.. Good comparison actually.. thanks

I play guitar (6 yrs- progressed rapidly)- perform. Play fiddle: 10 yrs. etc. I am debating $300 Loar vs $1k Eastman Octave - which should be my FIRST purchase? 🤔 I sing and perform 8-12x a month- cafes, festivals, venues, busking. I expect to take to either mandolin rapidly- I have played Irish session-traditional for 25 yrs. NOT inclined to play bluegrass! Should I invest cheaper $ into the mando, and wait...or go for the octave? 🤔 oh the decisions!! 😅 ❤ Love your channel, BTW!!

Great video. Subscribed and liked. :-) For me, I found that tenor banjo fingering patterns work well on the octave mandolin. Of course the tuning of a tenor banjo is different (CGDA) but the neck length and fret sizes are similar.

Thanks for the video...but I'd like to know the difference between an octave mandolin and a Irish bouzouki.?..cheers from France

My Sobel is 14 inches long, 18 frets and I always thought it was an octave mandolin?

Would love to know the difference between an octave mandolin and a mandocello.

What is the difference between Octave Mandoline and Irish Bouzoki? 🤔

I find it hard pressing on standard mandolin...is it easier on the octave mandolin?

Hi Lady Em I don't know if you or your friends know about this book Mike Marshall's Mandolin method The Great Book of Finger Buster It's a fantastic book get your right hand moving . Mike Marshall any others big on Pick Down on the beat and up stroke on &. I came across a book Art of Picking by Jimmy Bruno Jazz Guitarist. One of the exercises is playing with the accent on the up stroke. Using Mike Marshall exercises then going in reverse with the accent on the up stroke. Most people play jigs Dud Dud Dud leaning Jimmy Bruno technique playing with the accent on the up stroke Dud Udu Dud Udu. Leaning both techniques one is free . Like Johnson livingston seagull Novella by Richard Bach Fying without fying or Bruce Lee Fighting without fighting. I hope this make sense Happy Picking my friends “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.” ― Bruce Lee

How beautiful you are ........!!!!!