bouzouki

The Bouzouki
Το μπουζούκι

Το μπουζούκι είναι καθαρά Ελληνικό
όργανο με ρίζες στην αρχαία Ελλάδα

The bouzouki is a proper Greek instrument with roots in to ancient Greece.

Το σύγχρονο μπουζούκι έχει
4 ζεύγει χορδών (8 χορδές) .
Απο κάτω προς τα πάνω :
-2 ΡΕ- -2ΛΑ- -2ΦΑ- -2ΝΤΟ

The today's bouzouki have 4 pairs of strings(8 strings).
From the botom to the top :
-2 D- -2A- -2F- -2C-

Το σύγχρονο μπουζούκι είναι δημιούργημα του Μανώλη Χιότη
στα της δεκαετίας του 1950

The bouzouki of today is a creation of Manolis Chiotis in the midle of 1950

Το παλιό μπουζούκι που έπαιζαν οι ρεμπέτες ήταν Εξάχορδο.
-2 ΡΕ- -2 ΛΑ- -2 ΡΕ-

The old bouzouki that the rebetes
use to play ,was six strings .
-2 D -2 A- 2 D-



	The bouzouki is a stringed instrument and belongs to the family of the long-necked lutes. Instruments of a similar shape can be found in Pre-Hellenic civilizations (Egypt, Assyria, China, India). In ancient Greece the same instrument was known under the name «pandouris». From Byzantium onwards it is called «tambouras». On display in the National Archaeological Museum of Greece is the tambouras of a hero of the Greek revolution of 1821, General Makriyiannis. This tambouras bears the main morphological characteristics of the bouzouki used by the rebetes. The Turkish saz belongs to the same family of instruments as the bouzouki. A middle-sized kind of saz is called «bozouk saz». «Bozouk» in Turkish means «broken». Here it is used in order to specify the size of the instrument. It is concluded, therefore, that the bouzouki has been named after the jargon of the Turkish saz.