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  2. Bouzouki - Wikipedia

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    The four-course bouzouki was made popular by Manolis Chiotis, who also used a tuning akin to standard guitar tuning, which made it easier for guitarists to play bouzouki; this angered purists, but allowed for greater virtuosity and helped elevate the bouzouki into a truly popular instrument capable of a wide range of musical expression ...

  3. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Aerophone made from the end of a cow horn with the tip broken off on the side, which is blown into 423.122.2 Mexico: marimba [98] Xylophone-like instrument with wooden square tubes resonators, struck with mallets, with a two level keyboard so it can play the full chromatic scale: 111.222-4 Mongolia: morin khuur [99] [100] horse-head fiddle, igil

  4. Manolis Chiotis - Wikipedia

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    Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης; March 21, 1921 – March 21, 1970) was a Greek rebetiko and laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki player. [1] He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all time.

  5. Category:1970 musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Irish bouzouki This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 21:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  6. Buzuq - Wikipedia

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    The buzuq (Arabic: بزق ‎; also transliterated bozuq, bouzouk, buzuk etc.) is a long-necked fretted lute related to the Greek bouzouki and Iranian and Turkish saz. Repertoire and comparison with other instruments

  7. Johnny Moynihan - Wikipedia

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    During a subsequent trip to London, he bought a flat back bouzouki from instrument maker John Bailey, who had made it as an experiment after measuring an authentic bouzouki in one of London's Greek restaurants. [1]: 67 The group made two albums, Sweeney's Men and The Tracks of Sweeney.

  8. Tzouras - Wikipedia

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    The tzouras (Greek: τζουράς), is a Greek stringed musical instrument related to the bouzouki. Its name comes from the Turkish cura. It is made in six-string and eight-string varieties. Similar musical instruments in Turkish culture are generally referred to as Bağlama.

  9. 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 ...