Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Greek stringed instrument having a long fretted neck and usually pear-shaped body.
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- noun music A
Greek long-necked plucked frettedlute having a sharp, metallic sound
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The musical instrument called the bouzouki originated in which country?
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For the tour, the band added Greek-American Dmitri Mahlis, who played oud though he's better known as a bouzouki player, and Canadian tabla player Satnam Ramgotra.
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Second, the band Planxty incorporated a number of Eastern European influences into their sound, most notably modal chord structures and a Greek plucked instrument called the bouzouki, when they emerged onto the scene in the early seventies.
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For the tour, the band added Greek-American Dmitri Mahlis, who played oud though he's better known as a bouzouki player, and Canadian tabla player Satnam Ramgotra.
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For about the same price, a used Flatiron "bouzouki" or OM is a good choice; I've been very satisfied with my 3-K for about 25 years.
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The Marlow series also continues to focus mainly on the tradition Papas espoused -- though Papas wasn't too particular about who or what he taught, from banjo to bouzouki.
Washington is once again taking pride of place in its classical guitar tradition
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From there I will add both real instruments that I can play pretty well like mandolin, lap steel, Irish bouzouki, various electric guitars, harmonica, and glockenspiel as well as virtual instruments in Logic like organ, piano, strings, and synthesizers that are played via a MIDI keyboard.
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Mr. Urata plays guitar, bouzouki and piano, and shares trumpet duties with Mr. King.
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His Twitter account lists Tehran, Iran, as his fictional hometown and provides the following self-description: "Writer, creative director, Irish bouzouki player & supervised lunatic."
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His Twitter account lists Tehran, Iran, as his fictional hometown and provides the following self-description: "Writer, creative director, Irish bouzouki player & supervised lunatic."
slumry commented on the word bouzouki
Quickly, R, add bouzouki to your Zing list! Break the curse!
July 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bouzouki
Excellent! Thanks. But it'll be 6668--already added ektar.
And where were you guys when we all passed our 666th word, anyhow? ;-)
July 17, 2007
slumry commented on the word bouzouki
No harm--you are safely off that string of 6s ;-)
July 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bouzouki
Whew! Close one. *wipes flop sweat off face*
July 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bouzouki
For the record, I jumped straight from 665 to 667. I'm just that good.
July 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bouzouki
Damn, u, you are good. Almost...supernaturally good, I'd say....
July 17, 2007
slumry commented on the word bouzouki
Oh, you are just like an elevator, u. ;-)
July 17, 2007