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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.
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 ...
The Irish bouzouki is a very similar instrument, and is often confused with the octave mandolin, but an Irish Bouzouki has a longer scale length and a different tuning than the octave mandolin. Also, octave mandola is sometimes applied to what in the U.S. is a mandocello .
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 ...
Irish bouzouki players (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Bouzouki players" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (sometimes spelled "Mícheál O' Reilly") is an Irish concertina player and recording artist residing in County Meath, Ireland.. He has been a member of the band Providence, along with Paul Doyle (vocals, guitar, and Irish bouzouki), Troy Bannon (Irish flute), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, Irish bouzouki, guitar), and Michelle O'Brien (violin).
and: United Kingdom: People: By occupation: Musicians by instrument: Bouzouki players: from Northern Ireland Pages in category "Bouzouki players from Northern Ireland" This category contains only the following page.
James Fagan (born 1972) is an Australian-born folk musician.He is a singer and multi-instrumentalist specialising in the Irish bouzouki.From the early 1980s he toured in a family band, the Fagans.