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bouzouki

Page history last edited by Andrew Alder 14 years, 11 months ago

The bouzouki is a long-necked lute with three or four double courses of strings and a scale of about 25.5", similar to a long-scale guitar. It has steel strings and fixed wire frets.

 

 

Greek Bouzouki

Traditionally with six strings in three courses. The three-course version is also known as the pandura, pandourion or trichordo, and is tuned rather similarly to the saz.

 

  • d' d - a a - d' d'

 

String gauges

Lark in the Morning: D, A, and D, with low D in octaves. 1st(plain)-.010, 2nd(plain)-.010, 3rd(plain)-.013, 4th(plain)-.013, 5th(nickel wound)-.021, 6th(plain)-.010.

 

The four-course version, popularised in the 1950s to the anger of traditionalists, is also known as the tetrachordo, and is an easy instrument for a guitarist to adopt.

 

  • c' c - f ' f - a a - d' d'  (two semitones below the top four strings of a guitar)

  

Irish Bouzouki

Four courses and a flatter back than the Greek, developed in the 1960s, and an easy instrument for a mandolin player to adopt.

 

  • G G - d  d - a  a - e'  e'  (identical to the octave mandolin, but the bouzouki has a longer scale)

 

External links

 

http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/frettune.htm

http://www.juststrings.com/bouzouki.html

http://larkinthemorning.com/search.asp?t=ss&sb=0&ss=bouzouki&x=19&y=7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouzouki

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