bouzouki

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He also incorporated ethnic and world instruments such as the bouzouki, a stringed instrument similar to a mandolin.

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  • He also incorporated ethnic and world instruments such as the bouzouki, a stringed instrument similar to a mandolin. —  JAM! Showbiz
  • The movie earned five Oscar nominations, including the two for Dassin and a Best Actress nod for Mercouri, and it won Best Song for its ubiquitous, bouzouki-flavored title track. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • In the hands of these powerful musicians the hurdy-gurdy, Baroque lute, bouzouki, electric mandora, viola d'amore, and percussion combine to incite an ecstatic, energized state. —  World Music Central
  • While I am no organologist -- I defer to real experts like Alex -- I believe that the tamboura was "mandolinized" in the mid-20th century, yielding as a hybrid the Greek bouzouki: a long-necked lute with a staved bowl. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • I'm holding it at bay by using the capo on the bouzouki, which works nicely. —  Mandolin Cafe News
 

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  1. Modern Greek mpouzouki, probably of Turkish origin.
 

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