I would say that a Bouzouki built on a Guitar body is a 'Bouzar'. I know of a few people who play these - one guy, Maartin Allcock I was a school with. I forget the names of the makers, but there's a few of them about. His Acoustic was made by Stefan Sobell and can be seen here: http://www.maartinallcock.com/bouzar.htm It is interesting to read Maart's comment on the tuning he uses. Kevin. --- Brad McEwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John: > > I didn't say mandola. I said mandora. The tuning > I use is GCGCG or ADADA, which is essentially the > type of tuningused on Renaissance mandoras. > > Is a bouzouki with a guitar body then a guitar or > a bouzouki? Most people that have them refer to > them as bouzoukis. It seems that people will refer > to hybrid instruments with wooden tops as what they > are tuned AS (I didn't imply anything, it's just how > I speak/write, etc) but skin topped instruments by > their construction. > > Brad > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In einer eMail vom 23.10.2006 14:58:53 > Westeurop=E4ische Sommerzeit schreibt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > If a banjo-uke is tuned as a uke, is it then a uke > or a banjo? > > > > That's an easy one - it's a banjo-uke. It will never > be a ukulele (wrong > shape and materials) and it will never be a banjo > (too small, too few strings). > > > If a cittern is tuned as a mandola, what is it? > > > Just as simple: it's a cittern tuned like a mandola. > (in spite of your > writing "tuned as" rather than "tuned like". "Tuned > as" seems to imply that tuning > somehow metamorphoses the instrument. I don't think > it does.) > > Your question prompts me to ask another question: > Why tune a cittern like a > mandola? Why not just swap the cittern for a > mandola, and tune it as such? > > Cheers, > John D. > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > --------------------------------- > All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email > and get things done faster. > -- >
