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same number of frets (27), spaced such as to provide a chromatic scale in 12-tone equal temperament. On modern instruments the frets are metal, and set into a fixed position in the fingerboard (in contrast to early instruments and the related baglama, in which frets were of gut or cord tied onto the neck, and moveable.) The quality of the wood from which the instrument is made is of great importance to the sound. For the construction of the bowl, mulberry, apricot, cherry, acacia, and elm are considered to be the best woods, with walnut, plane, and chestnut being slightly inferior. The wood must be solid and sourced from slow-growth trees. The top or soundboard should be cedar or spruce (preferably spruce) if possible, cut in one piece. The top plays a major role in the sound because it resonates and strengthens and prolongs the vibration of the strings. Another factor that affects the quality of the sound is the varnish and the method of its application. The best varnish is a natural one made of
496: 684: 521:, which is applied by hand in many layers in the traditional way, for both acoustic and visual effects. The neck must be of very dry hardwood in order not to warp and increase the distance of the strings from the fret board (the action height) which makes playing the instrument more laborious. Manufacturers use different techniques to achieve this, each one having its own secrets. Many modern instruments have a metal rod or bar ( 603: 27: 644:, 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. Recently the three-course bouzouki has gained in popularity. The first recording with the four-course instrument was made in 1956. 1061: 391: 744:. The absence of the heavy mother-of-pearl ornamentation often seen on modern bouzoukia is typical of bouzoukia of the period. It has tuners for eight strings, but has only six strings, the neck being too narrow for eight. The luthiers of the time often used sets of four tuners on trichordo instruments, as these were more easily available, being also used on mandolins. 676: 534: 1047: 829:
Tsitsanis and Yiannis Papaioannou playing bouzoukis, each with an electric guitar-style pick-up attached in the soundhole. There are also numerous photographs between 1953 and 1959 showing bands in which both vocalists and bouzouki players are using microphones for amplification. By 1960 special bouzouki pickups (such as the
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This is the classic style of bouzouki, introduced around 1900, that was the mainstay of most rebetiko music. It has fixed frets and 6 strings in three pairs. In the lower-pitched (bass) course, the pair consists of a thick wound string and a thin string, tuned an octave apart. The conventional modern
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The size and type of the resonating body largely determine the instrument's timbre, while the length of the neck, and by extension the strings, determines the instrument's pitch range, as well as influencing the timbre. While neck length can vary from instrument to instrument, most bouzoukis have the
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In addition to developing the modern tetrachordo bouzouki, Manolis Hiotis was a pioneer of the use of amplification for the instrument, which he may have been using as early as 1945. However, the earliest documented use of amplification for the bouzouki comes from a 1952 photograph, showing Vasilis
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or slices of the bowl) etc. These differences are determined by the manufacturer, who in his experience and according to the sound that the instrument should make, modifies his functional elements to achieve a more piercing, deeper or heavier sound.
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From a construction point of view, the bouzouki can have differences not only in the number of strings but also in other features, e.g. neck length, width, height, depth of the bowl or main body, the width of the staves (the wooden
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apart. On the bouzouki the lower-pitched string comes first in these courses, the reverse of most other instruments with octave-paired courses (such as the
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music was a three-course instrument with three pairs of strings, but in the 1950s a four-course variety was developed and was made popular by
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This type of bouzouki has 8 metal strings, which are arranged in 4 pairs, known as courses, typically tuned C
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Pennanen, Riso Pekka; "The organological development and performance practice of the Greek bouzouki";
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Gauntlett, Stathis; "Orpheus in the criminal underworld. Myth in and about rebetika";
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The Greek bouzouki is a plucked musical instrument of the lute family, called the
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genre and its music branches. It is now an important element of modern
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are the direct descendants. The Greek marble relief, known as the
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The Greek Bouzouki Chord Bible: CFAD Standard Tuning 1,728 Chords
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Other sizes have appeared and include the Greek instrument
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Folklore and populism: The 'greening' of the Greek blues
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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fingerboard. It has steel strings and is played with a
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bouzouki. Two of these eight tuners are not strung.
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Index


Classification
Plucked string instrument
Necked bowl lutes
String instruments
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.321
Playing range
Related instruments
Balkan tambura
Tzouras
Tambouras
Buzuq
Baglamas
Bağlama
Saz
Pandura
/bˈzki,bʊˈ-/
US
/bəˈ-/
Greek
[buˈzuki]
musical instrument
Greece
fretted
plectrum
mandolin
Irish bouzouki
1900s
Greek

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