Re: Irish Bouzouki vs. Greek Bouzouki
Originally Posted by
Dacraw54
Considering that the term Octave Mandolin and Cittern as used by Americans didn't exist in the 70's in Ireland, and in European Classical circles they referred to different instruments.
Leave the Irish alone, magnificent innovators that they are, and let the replicators cease from inventing 'names'.
Of course they did, at least cittern did, due to the availability of folk LPs from the mainland in the 1960s and 1970s. We're not as backward as all that!
If we WERE to lose a name it's this dreadful "IRISH' bouzouki label that pervades everywhere; to many of us living here it's a flatback or European model. Many times I've joked that I play 'Irish' guitar, 'Irish' hurdy-gurdy, 'Irish' clarinet etc as it seems to make as much sense.
"Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....
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