A mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mando-bass or mandolon. Some mandolin orchestras use guitars and double-basses instead of, or as well as the lower mandolin-family instruments.
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