What's the proper way to describe/name an ensemble of guitars and mandolins?

Here in Germany we call it a 'Zupfensemble' which literally means 'plucked string ensemble' but this sounds awful in English (at least it does to me). Anyone have a better name for it?

I think that plucked string band sounds fine. Perhaps you could get everyone using Zupfensemble though as that sounds really good.

That's what we would call, "An Argument".

Cheers,

Matt.

in c 1930s there were mandolin orchestras (which I guess is where the mandola/mandocello come from...) . And of coure ukelele orchestraas. And didn;t bertie Wooster breifly join the Drones Club banjo orchestra.

But mixing your fretted instruments makes this more difficult ... why not 'Fretted Strings Orchestra'?

nick

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll just have to go with plucked/fretted strings. Although sometimes it does seem more like an argument - fortunately not too often

I agree, especially if you split the word i.e. Zupf Ensemble. I think you could start a new trend with that - everyone will want to join.