Irish Bouzouki

The bouzouki is a stringed instrument first introduced from Greece into Ireland in the Sixties, a time when Irish traditional music was undergoing great experimentation.

A few craftsman developed it further by using different woods and affecting alterations to the string arrangements such as the Bailey and the Abennett Bouzouki.

But it was the prototype that Donal Lunny first commissioned while a member of Planxty that was to become known as the Irish bouzouki.

Donal Playing the Irsih Bouzouki

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