tuning of the Greek bouzouki? - Mandolin Cafe
2014年10月14日 · Many common fiddle tune titles have been changed from the original Greek, including "Jack of Diamonds" and "Little Birdie." The natives found the Macedonian words too hard to pronounce. Unfortunately no pictures exist of any of the early musicians, and those early instruments are locked in a vault in the Greek Orthodox Church in downtown Asheville.
How to choose a Greek bouzouki? - Mandolin Cafe
2009年11月5日 · I just heard that a guy I know got a Greek bouzouki to play in Irish sessions. I guess he's going back to those Alec Finn roots to have that experience. I've often wondered about these instruments (and the saz, baglama, etc., variants) but I don't know the first thing about how to choose one, I have no criteria.
Irish Bouzouki vs. Greek Bouzouki - mandolincafe.com
2015年1月2日 · The Greek instrument, which is, after all the original one, of some 100 years of building, has a bright, brilliant, shimmering, light sound, and, of course there are many variations on the theme. 3 course (6 stringers) are the oldest form of the larger bodied Greek instrument, and are played in a very different rhythmic way to the more modern 8 ...
Everything you wanted to know about the Irish bouzouki...
2021年11月19日 · Greek et. al. bouzouki is a specifically-defined instrument, bowl-backed, tuned in fourths-and-a-third similar to a guitar, sometimes with three double-string courses, sometimes with four, and often featuring octave tuning in the lower courses. As Nigel F points out, these instruments were adapted, re-tuned and restrung by Irish/Celtic players ...
Irish Bouzouki vs. Greek Bouzouki [Archive] - Mandolin Cafe Forum
2018年6月20日 · All the pioneering Irish musicians who played bouzouki started with Greek instruments and all of them except Alec Finn switched once alternatives were provided by instrument builders. The first Irish bouzouki to be conceived and built as such was the partially staved back one Peter Abnett built for Dónal Lunny in 1970.
House of Stathopoulo Instrument
2016年1月10日 · Can anyone help me identify this Greek instrument? Is it a lauto? The label has House of Stathopoulo, New York. I found that the company was eventually bought by Gibson and became Epiphone. The sound hole has a gold colored "rosette" covering it with the initials AS in the middle. I assume it was made around the 1920s, but am not sure.
Do I really need a bouzouki? - mandolincafe.com
2024年11月6日 · i think OP's question is more about scale length. yes, long scale instruments are harder to play, this is why people use short-scale octave mandolins and capos. on the flip side, guitar and cello people have no trouble playing stuff on guitar and cello sized instruments. myself coming from guitar, i see no trouble playing a 60 cm scale length octave mandolin and 60 cm …
Beginner in much need of advice! Baglama or Tzouras? [Archive ...
2012年9月12日 · now i play mostly celtic on greek instruments. when i was in greece they thought it was a gas--lucky for me, but i do faux rebitiko--that i make up myself in as close a style as i can. you will find bouzouki lessons on you tube and they are quite good to learn the runs for a beginner, these runs are the same for baglama and bouzouki.
Mandolin Vs Bouzouki
2014年10月10日 · The Greek bouzouki isn't strung in fifths, as (almost all) mandolin family instruments are. And it may have three or four double-strung courses, sometimes with the lower courses strung in octaves. What is called the "Irish bouzouki" is basically a longer-scale octave mandolin, tuned GDAE or some variant thereof.
nut setting for octave pairs on an octave mandolin
2023年1月9日 · Bob, It will depend on the sound you or the owner want. Most bouzoukis or other Greek instruments I have pics of have the octave string on the treble side. At the same time I checked the Retrofret site and the three 12 string guitars they have all have the octave strings on the bass side, so they get hit by the pick first on a downwards strum.