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    The Irish bouzouki (Irish: búsúcaí) is an adaptation of the Greek bouzouki (Greek: μπουζούκι). The newer Greek tetrachordo bouzouki (4 courses of strings)...
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    but pitched lower. It is the precursor to the Irish bouzouki, an instrument derived from the Greek bouzouki that is popular in Celtic, English, and North...
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    Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In A History...
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    which is the usual Greek bouzouki scale, are not unknown. In modern usage, however, the terms "octave mandolin" and "Irish bouzouki" are often used interchangeably...
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    tend to be known in Great Britain and Ireland as the tenor mandola, the octave mandola (or the "Irish bouzouki"). Also, octave mandola is sometimes applied...
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    played in Irish traditional music, but the instruments octave mandolin, Irish bouzouki and modern cittern are more commonly used. Some Irish traditional...
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    Andy Irvine (musician) (category Irish bouzouki players)
    Irvine is one of the pioneers who adapted the Greek bouzouki—with a new tuning—into the Irish bouzouki. He contributed to advancing the design of his instruments...
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    Dónal Lunny (category Irish bouzouki players)
    Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding...
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    The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians that formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". They are...
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    Johnny Moynihan (category Irish bouzouki players)
    October 1946, Phibsboro) is an Irish folk singer, based in Dublin. He is often credited with introducing the bouzouki into Irish music in the mid-1960s.: 67 ...
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    Daoirí Farrell (category Irish male singers)
    Daoirí Farrell (b. November 21, 1982) is an Irish folk singer and player of the Irish bouzouki. Farrell was born in Dublin. He became a member of the Góilín...
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    Loesberg, John (1998). Chords for Mandolin, Irish Banjo, Bouzouki, Tenor Mandola, Mandocello. Cork, Ireland: Random House. ISBN 0-946005-47-8. OCLC 42276844...
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    balalaika bandura banjo bass binioù kozh birimbau bodhrán bombard bouzouki & Irish bouzouki brommtopp bukkehorn bullroarer cajón catá cavaquinho chajchas...
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  • James Fagan (musician) (category Bouzouki players)
    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. He began...
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    die." Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, bagpipes, didgeridoo, guitar, Irish bouzouki, shawms Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein - bagpipes, vocals, hurdy-gurdy...
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  • mandola", in the UK) Mandocello Mandolin-banjo Mandobass Octave mandolin ("Irish bouzouki") Piccolo mandolin Tremolo bass Mandore Mandolute Mandriola Mandotar...
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    Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional...
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    plays multiple instruments, including guitar, violin, mandola, viola, bouzouki, banjo and bass as well as being a singer and composer. MacLean composed...
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    Family instruments Bandola Bandolin Bandora Bandurria Cittern Gittern Irish bouzouki Laouto Mandobass Mandocello Mandola Mandolin-banjo Mandolone Mandolute...
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  • Planxty (category Irish folk musical groups)
    bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and Liam O'Flynn...
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    Brink of Time", included Mitsuda performing on the piano, guitar, and Irish bouzouki. During the event, Mitsuda also announced that the long requested Chrono...
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    Igil chordophones 321.321 Tuva stringed instruments Irish bouzouki chordophones 321.322 Greece, Ireland stringed instruments Janzi chordophones 3 Uganda...
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    Electric harp Cross-strung harp Harpsichord (Europe, keyboard instrument) Irish bouzouki Jakhe (Thailand) Jarana huasteca (Mexico) Jarana jarocha (Mexico) Jouhikko...
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    Waylander (band) (category Heavy metal musical groups from Northern Ireland)
    Waylander are an Irish folk metal band influential in the realms of Celtic metal. Formed in 1993, the band blends traditional Irish folk with 1990s heavy...
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    joined onstage by fellow composer Yasunori Mitsuda, who played the Irish bouzouki. She most recently composed and produced the majority of the score for...
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    their songs have been drawn from various sources, including traditional Irish reels. While many of their lyrics are in English, some are in the ancient...
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    Dream Boulevard. Big Dream Boulevard was produced by Séamus Egan of the Irish-American band Solas. Solas has previously recorded five of Duvekot's songs:...
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    Manus Lunny (category Irish bouzouki players)
    Manus Lunny (born 1962) is an Irish producer and multi-instrumentalist from County Donegal, Ireland, best known as a member of Celtic supergroup Capercaillie...
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  • Family instruments Bandola Bandolin Bandora Bandurria Cittern Gittern Irish bouzouki Laouto Mandobass Mandocello Mandola Mandolin-banjo Mandolone Mandolute...
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    have also steel (or steel wound nylon) strings similar to those of the bouzouki. Except for the first (A4A4) strings, which are tuned in unison, the laouto's...
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