U. Srinivas
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Uppalapu Srinivas was an Indian mandolin player in Carnatic classical music and composer.
U. Srinivas
Remember Shakti Concert, Munich, Germany (2001) (left to right) U. Srinivas, John McLaughlin, V. Selvaganesh
Srinivas performing in Pune, January to December 2009
Mandolin
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A mandolin is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of eight
U. Srinivas
…Uppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) was an Indian mandolin player in Carnatic classical music and composer. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, by the Government of India. He was also awarded the Sangeet…
Neapolitan mandolin
In 1787, Luigi Bassi played the role of Don Giovanni in Mozart's opera, serenading a woman with a mandolin. This used to be the common picture of the mandolin, an obscure instrument of romance in the hands of a Spanish nobleman
Clockwise from top left: 1920 Gibson F-4 mandolin; 1917 Gibson H-2 mandola; 1929 Gibson mando-bass; and 1924 Gibson K-4 mandocello from Gregg Miner's collection
Piccolo mandolin