What is "mandore"

Mandore \Man"dore\, n. [See Mandolin, and Bandore.] (Mus.) A kind of four-stringed lute.

n. 1 (context musical instruments English) An early form of lute, that gave rise to the mandolin 2 (alternative spelling of mandor English)

Mandore ( Hindi: मंडोर), is a town located 9 km north of Jodhpur city, in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

The mandore is a musical instrument, a small member of the lute family, teardrop shaped, with four, six courses of gut strings and pitched in the treble range. It was considered a new instrument in French music books from the 1580s, but is descended from and very similar to the gittern. It is considered ancestral to the modern mandolin. Other earlier instruments include the medieval European citole and the Greek and Byzantine pandura.

The history of modern mandolins, mandolas and guitars are all intertwined. The instruments shared common ancestor instruments. Some instruments became fashionable widely, and others locally. Experts argue as to the differences; because many of the instruments are so similar but not identical, classifying them has proven difficult.

Some experts consider the mandore a forerunner to the mandolino (also known as a Baroque mandolin), which in turn branched out into a family of mandolins that includes the Neapolitan mandolin, the Genoese mandolin, and the Cremonese mandolin. Others consider that the mandore and mandolino may have been contemporary, with different names being used in different countries; the mandolino in Italy, the mandore in France. It is also considered a forerunner or close relative of the 17th century mandola.