Mandore (instrument)
Comparison with bandola
### Comparison with bandola

Another group of related instruments to the mandore are the vandola or [bandola](/wiki/Bandola "Bandola"), the [bandurria](/wiki/Bandurria "Bandurria") and the [bandolim](/wiki/Bandolim "Bandolim"), of Spanish origin, also played in Portugal and South America.

In 1761, Joan Carles Amat said of the vandola, in his *Guitarra espanola, y vandola*, "the vandola with six courses is described here, because it is the more perfect form of the instrument, and better known and more widely used at this time than that with four or five courses".


Why is the vandola with six courses better known and more widely used than others?