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  2. Irish bouzouki - Wikipedia

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    The Irish bouzouki (Irish: búsúcaí) [1] is an adaptation of the Greek bouzouki (Greek: μπουζούκι).The newer Greek tetrachordo bouzouki (4 courses of strings) was introduced into Irish traditional music in the mid-1960s by Johnny Moynihan of the folk group Sweeney's Men, who retuned it from its traditional Greek tuning C³F³A³D⁴ to G²D³A³D⁴, a tuning he had pioneered ...

  3. Johnny Moynihan - Wikipedia

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    Sweeney's Men broke the mould of Irish music and are credited with starting the folk revival there in the late 1960s. The most famous innovation of Sweeney's Men is probably Moynihan's introduction of the bouzouki , originally a Greek instrument , into Irish music, albeit with a different tuning: GDAD' [ 2 ] : 15 (one octave lower than the open ...

  4. James Fagan (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Fagan's first instrument was piano. By his teens, he was singing, playing guitar, and playing the clarinet. In 1994, he joined Alistair Hulett's backing band, the Hooligans, which included Jimmy Gregory. Gregory introduced Fagan to the guitar-shaped, Irish bouzouki which is now his main instrument. [3] Singing remains his first and foremost ...

  5. Andy Irvine (musician) - Wikipedia

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    [58]: 35 A distinctive aspect of the Sweeney's Men sound was Moynihan's introduction of the bouzouki—originally a Greek instrument—into Irish music, albeit with a different tuning: GDAD' [2]: 15 (one octave lower than the open-tuned mandolin), instead of the modern Greek tuning of CFAD'.

  6. List of chordophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    The string bearer is bar shaped. 311.1 Musical bows - The string bearer is flexible (and curved).. 311.11 Idiochord musical bows - The string is cut from the bark of the cane, remaining attached at each end.

  7. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Irish: G 3 G 2 •D 4 D 3 •A 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4. Modal D: A 3 A 2 •D 4 D 3 •A 3 A 3 •D 4 D 4. Bouzouki, Octave Mandolin, tenor Mandolin (US), tenor Mandola (UK), Zouk Ireland Irish bouzouki is an octave mandolin with the two lowest courses tuned in octaves instead of unisons. "Modal D" octaves can also be tuned in unisons.