Karantouzeni
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The karantouzeni is a "lute players" string instrument, close to the Greek musical instrument tambouras
. Its bigger than the tampouras and has 4 strings. It is used in the Greek traditional folk rhythms for the particularly cover of the rebetiko
music. Ntouzeni , is also called one way of the bouzouki
tunings.
Tambouras
The tambouras , is a traditional Greek string instrument. It has existed since at least the 10th century, when it was known in Assyria and Egypt. At that time, it might have between two and six strings, but Arabs adopted it, and called it a toubour...
. Its bigger than the tampouras and has 4 strings. It is used in the Greek traditional folk rhythms for the particularly cover of the rebetiko
Rebetiko
Rebetiko, plural rebetika, , occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music which have come to be grouped together since the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early...
music. Ntouzeni , is also called one way of the bouzouki
Bouzouki
The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
tunings.