https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XvKcLxj6I
What instrument is this singer playing?/ Is that a Lute?
What instrument is this singer playing?/ Is that a Lute?
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Don
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I don't know, but that was great! Thanks!
TomGuitar
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It's an Irish Bouzouki. The percussion instrument is a bodhran.
Wilko
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Bouzouki. Yep. The drum is the bohdran
toxpert
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...and another ...yup. Bouzouki.
Not limited to use for Irish music..
Bouzouki origins are Greece. The particular version in the video is a 4 course model with duplicate strings for each of C F A D. The tuning is like top 4 guitar strings tuned down a whole step.
Bouzoukis became popular with Celtic bands back in the early 1980s. The sonic blend goes great with D whistles, flutes, small pipes, fiddles. Bouzoukis provided a droning background for the music.
Here’s a video of the Bothy Band ..back in the day:
Not limited to use for Irish music..
Bouzouki origins are Greece. The particular version in the video is a 4 course model with duplicate strings for each of C F A D. The tuning is like top 4 guitar strings tuned down a whole step.
Bouzoukis became popular with Celtic bands back in the early 1980s. The sonic blend goes great with D whistles, flutes, small pipes, fiddles. Bouzoukis provided a droning background for the music.
Here’s a video of the Bothy Band ..back in the day:
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toxpert
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Nicely done...this one is...