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Bouzouki



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This particular page was created 15/03/2004 and last updated 17/05/2005
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    Data:
  • Body shape: Lute
  • Top: Bent or flat
  • Back: Bowl
  • Bridge: Fixed
  • Frets: Fixed chromatic
  • Strings: 6 or 8 (in pairs)
  • Courses: 3 or 4 ( 2 - 2 - 2)
  • Scale: 640 - 660 mm
The bouzouki is a greek wire-strung lute with a long neck and a small body. Originally the bouzouki had six strings, but today eight seems to be more common. It is probably descendent from the Turkish/Arabic lute variants rather than the mandolin and other European ones.
  There doesn't seem to be any evidence of any direct link between the bouzouki and the Neapolitan mandolin, but considering the many similarities between the two, it's more than likely that there is some kind of connection.

The Greek bouzouki was one of the models for Irish large mandos like the Irish bouzouki, the Irish cittern and the octave mandola.

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