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.
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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