You must have reached a respectable age! ;-) - I do have this tune (the one he's trying to reproduce) on at least one album of Renaissance music. I did try to find it on my Spotify playlists (created 1:1 from albums), but I failed. Still, I may have it by Camerata Hungarica and/or Elena Polonska.
WOW~~~You played so well!!! The song is beautiful😊😊😊 Is it possible that you could share its Standard Notation Staff - Tab? (I'm a bouzouki beginner...😄)
Thanks, glad you liked it. This is the only bouzouki I've ever played and I'm not very knowledgeable about them, but looking at the price of the Carvalho it seems decent value for an instrument handmade in Portugal by a small business. If you can't play one in person check out some reviews/videos if there are any out there. Depending on what kind of music you want to play you could also have a look at Greek bouzoukis or octave mandolins. They're pretty much the same instrument just with a different scale length and slightly different sounds.
Hi Johannes, glad you enjoyed. The bouzouki is the Thomann M1089 Irish bouzouki as in the title and video description. Bear in mind it has a V neck profile so if you're coming from playing guitar or another stringed instrument, and depending on your preference, it may take a bit of getting used to.
Do you have any advice at how to get started learning this instrument? I bought one months ago and I'm learning some basic chords but I have a few concerns. Firstly is that I'm left handed and I've been having myself learn right handed for this. I have no prior experience with any stringed instruments so this wasn't much of a problem for me, however I have struggled a lot using my right hand to pick and I've read on other forums that left handed players who play right handed will never be able to develop their picking hand to the level they could if they played left handed. And with the bouzouki it looks from the videos I've seen to be damn near impossible to play well without an extremely dexterous picking hand. It's rather intimidating for someone who can barley get through an alternating picking pattern at the slowest possible pace. This is also pretty much the first instruments I'm learning in general, and I'm not sure if my lack of knowledge of music as a whole also serves as a massive handicap. Again any advice would be really appreciated. Right now it just feels like I have no effective plan for getting closer to my goals. Thanks if you read all this.
If your bouzouki's bridge is straight (not staggered for intonation) you could swap the strings round to make it left handed. If it does have a staggered bridge it could still work but you might have intonation issues (going out of tune as you play up the neck). If this is the case the only thing you can really do is buy a left-handed instrument. You'd definitely save a lot of time and enjoy it more playing the way you're naturally oriented. Lack of knowledge of music as a whole is natural for every beginner, and comes with practice and growing your vocabulary as you learn. The most important tool for anyone learning an instrument is to develop your ear. If you can hum a tune, you can find the notes for it on an instrument, and with practice this will save you a lot of time and develop your ability to pick up songs like it's nothing. Chords take a bit longer to learn by ear, but once you've learnt the basic major/minor chords from tabs/charts/videos etc, you'll get a feel for where the notes are as the chord shapes stay the same, just the position moves. Aside from training your ear (which mainly comes with time and attention to detail), the best way to grow your vocabulary is to learn the songs you like. Chords and scales etc are all well and good, but I think it's best to learn them in the context of the music you like. It's much more compelling that way, inspires you to keep going, and gives you direction in where to start/where to go next. Hope this helps, if you have any other questions feel free to ask away.
Just a correction to my previous comment - if you have a staggered bridge and it isn't fixed you could just buy a left-handed bridge and swap the strings round rather than needing to buy a left-handed instrument
@@jackbeckett2838 Stupid question incoming (remember I'm not too knowledgeable at this stage) What do you mean by staggered vs straight? When I look at my bridge it does seem that the bass strings will only fit on the left side of the bridge and the higher strings will only fit on the right side. Is that what is meant by staggered? The same goes for the nut.
@@JackL-lv3he I don't know if they're actually called staggered, but in this context I mean the part of the bridge the string sits on will be closer or further away from the nut. Search "Irish bouzouki bridge" and you'll see what I mean. My one is straight, meaning all the strings sit the same distance from the nut. Good point about the nut/bridge slots being different sizes. You'd need a new nut for the strings to fit the other way, unless you're willing to do a bit of DIY. If your nut is straight like mine, you can just rotate it the other way to match the strings. That's the cheapest option. Either that or just get a left-handed bouzouki.
@@JohnJones-qy5ko It came like that. My only criticism of this model is the V neck profile which I'm not a fan of. Other than that it's decent for the price.
@@jackbeckett2838 Thanks, that's good to know. I saw a video of a guy who bought the concert model, which apparently comes with octave strings, then he converted it. I would rather just buy this model, and it's $100 less too.
I only buy and use octave strings, Octave string said loud and clear that its a bouzouki and not a guitar, if you want to play the guitar by all means buy and enjoy the guitar. The bouzouki has a sound all its own and if that is a sound you like please learn, play and enjoy any of the many bouzoukis out in the world today. You can go to any pawn shops and pick up several guitars for $100. dollars or so but even finding a bouzouki in a pawn shop would be a surprise! Remember you never put street tires on a race car so only put bouzouki strings on a Irish bouzouki, makes since I think. All so I own and play a Fender Irish Bouzouki, almost a one of a kind I'm thinking as I've never seen or heard about another Fender Irish Bouzouki. If someone knows or has seen or listened to one someplace please advise me here or a new thread on Mandolin Cafe's message board. C - U around picking and grinning!
Hello, this is great! What type of strings do you use ? We're gonna buy this model of bouzouki and we heard that the strings given with the instrument are not quite good. Thank you :)
Hi Steven, glad you liked it. I'm still using the ones that came on the instrument but bought some D'Addario EJ81 Irish Bouzouki strings with it for when they do eventually need replacing.
Love the mic holder...
Where there's a will there's a way 💪
That Ensiferum t-shirt deserves a thumbs up. ❤️
As do you for noticing it 😁 I have a couple Ensi covers if you're interested too
@@jackbeckett2838 That's what i hoped you had !
What do they make?
Love this version brother!
Great job and great tune
That Trine OST ❤
sweet job
Lovely!!!
Nice! Wonderful cover!
This is both awesome and underrated
Now I want to buy one 😄
Awesome! Awesome! Can you make a video teaching this ? Thanks
Very beautiful
Wow, what an amazing sound, reminds me of the middle ages
You must have reached a respectable age! ;-) - I do have this tune (the one he's trying to reproduce) on at least one album of Renaissance music. I did try to find it on my Spotify playlists (created 1:1 from albums), but I failed. Still, I may have it by Camerata Hungarica and/or Elena Polonska.
Bonita música y buen sonido. Y muy bien tocado.
Gracias!
Awesome job.
WOW~~~You played so well!!! The song is beautiful😊😊😊 Is it possible that you could share its Standard Notation Staff - Tab? (I'm a bouzouki beginner...😄)
Thank you for your comment. I don't have any sheet music for it as I learnt it by ear, sorry! You might find something online though
@@jackbeckett2838 Se agradeceria, el tema es muy bonito .... Tengo el mismo Hora..
nicely performed!
This is so lovely :D
Nice!!
Amazing
Wish I have tabs for it ....
Thanks, I have none unfortunately. Slow the video down and have a go figuring it out by ear 😉 It's one of the most useful skills you can develop.
Damn, its so good:D
Rather good! I see it has a zero fret
Nice! I'm a beginning bouzouki player but intermediate guitar player. This is my next song / challenge. I'm just gonna copy you. lol
It's a fun instrument to learn, enjoy!
Do you have it tuned GDAD?
@@robertcollard5044 Yes, for this I was using GDAD but use GDAE too for other songs.
@@robertcollard5044 Hi Friend! Do You have taba for this melody. I bought Bouzouki 2 days ago. Wanna learn this melody first)
@@biglebowskidude I do not. I started to learn this by ear and watching the video.
This is really nice! I've been thinking of getting a bouzouki for a while, do you have any thoughts or experience with Carvalho PTB308 bouzuoukis?
Thanks, glad you liked it. This is the only bouzouki I've ever played and I'm not very knowledgeable about them, but looking at the price of the Carvalho it seems decent value for an instrument handmade in Portugal by a small business. If you can't play one in person check out some reviews/videos if there are any out there.
Depending on what kind of music you want to play you could also have a look at Greek bouzoukis or octave mandolins. They're pretty much the same instrument just with a different scale length and slightly different sounds.
Hello Jack nice play
I Wonder which kind of bouzouki are playing in the video? I would like to order one
Regards johannes
Hi Johannes, glad you enjoyed. The bouzouki is the Thomann M1089 Irish bouzouki as in the title and video description. Bear in mind it has a V neck profile so if you're coming from playing guitar or another stringed instrument, and depending on your preference, it may take a bit of getting used to.
I have this one too. Great sound and value for money. Tuned GDAD like my mandolin
Do you have any advice at how to get started learning this instrument? I bought one months ago and I'm learning some basic chords but I have a few concerns. Firstly is that I'm left handed and I've been having myself learn right handed for this. I have no prior experience with any stringed instruments so this wasn't much of a problem for me, however I have struggled a lot using my right hand to pick and I've read on other forums that left handed players who play right handed will never be able to develop their picking hand to the level they could if they played left handed. And with the bouzouki it looks from the videos I've seen to be damn near impossible to play well without an extremely dexterous picking hand. It's rather intimidating for someone who can barley get through an alternating picking pattern at the slowest possible pace. This is also pretty much the first instruments I'm learning in general, and I'm not sure if my lack of knowledge of music as a whole also serves as a massive handicap. Again any advice would be really appreciated. Right now it just feels like I have no effective plan for getting closer to my goals. Thanks if you read all this.
If your bouzouki's bridge is straight (not staggered for intonation) you could swap the strings round to make it left handed. If it does have a staggered bridge it could still work but you might have intonation issues (going out of tune as you play up the neck). If this is the case the only thing you can really do is buy a left-handed instrument. You'd definitely save a lot of time and enjoy it more playing the way you're naturally oriented.
Lack of knowledge of music as a whole is natural for every beginner, and comes with practice and growing your vocabulary as you learn. The most important tool for anyone learning an instrument is to develop your ear. If you can hum a tune, you can find the notes for it on an instrument, and with practice this will save you a lot of time and develop your ability to pick up songs like it's nothing. Chords take a bit longer to learn by ear, but once you've learnt the basic major/minor chords from tabs/charts/videos etc, you'll get a feel for where the notes are as the chord shapes stay the same, just the position moves.
Aside from training your ear (which mainly comes with time and attention to detail), the best way to grow your vocabulary is to learn the songs you like. Chords and scales etc are all well and good, but I think it's best to learn them in the context of the music you like. It's much more compelling that way, inspires you to keep going, and gives you direction in where to start/where to go next.
Hope this helps, if you have any other questions feel free to ask away.
Just a correction to my previous comment - if you have a staggered bridge and it isn't fixed you could just buy a left-handed bridge and swap the strings round rather than needing to buy a left-handed instrument
@@jackbeckett2838 Stupid question incoming (remember I'm not too knowledgeable at this stage) What do you mean by staggered vs straight? When I look at my bridge it does seem that the bass strings will only fit on the left side of the bridge and the higher strings will only fit on the right side. Is that what is meant by staggered? The same goes for the nut.
@@JackL-lv3he I don't know if they're actually called staggered, but in this context I mean the part of the bridge the string sits on will be closer or further away from the nut. Search "Irish bouzouki bridge" and you'll see what I mean. My one is straight, meaning all the strings sit the same distance from the nut.
Good point about the nut/bridge slots being different sizes. You'd need a new nut for the strings to fit the other way, unless you're willing to do a bit of DIY. If your nut is straight like mine, you can just rotate it the other way to match the strings.
That's the cheapest option. Either that or just get a left-handed bouzouki.
That's beautiful. Very medieval sounding. Are those octave strings or unison?
Thank you. They're unison.
@@jackbeckett2838 Did it come that way, or did you have to file the bridge and nut to fit the thicker strings? I'm thinking of getting one.
@@JohnJones-qy5ko It came like that. My only criticism of this model is the V neck profile which I'm not a fan of. Other than that it's decent for the price.
@@jackbeckett2838 Thanks, that's good to know. I saw a video of a guy who bought the concert model, which apparently comes with octave strings, then he converted it. I would rather just buy this model, and it's $100 less too.
I only buy and use octave strings, Octave string said loud and clear that its a bouzouki and not a guitar, if you want to play the guitar by all means buy and enjoy the guitar. The bouzouki has a sound all its own and if that is a sound you like please learn, play and enjoy any of the many bouzoukis out in the world today. You can go to any pawn shops and pick up several guitars for $100. dollars or so but even finding a bouzouki in a pawn shop would be a surprise! Remember you never put street tires on a race car so only put bouzouki strings on a Irish bouzouki, makes since I think. All so I own and play a Fender Irish Bouzouki, almost a one of a kind I'm thinking as I've never seen or heard about another Fender Irish Bouzouki. If someone knows or has seen or listened to one someplace please advise me here or a new thread on Mandolin Cafe's message board. C - U around picking and grinning!
What song is this? Great playing!!
Hello, this is great! What type of strings do you use ? We're gonna buy this model of bouzouki and we heard that the strings given with the instrument are not quite good. Thank you :)
Hi Steven, glad you liked it. I'm still using the ones that came on the instrument but bought some D'Addario EJ81 Irish Bouzouki strings with it for when they do eventually need replacing.
Can you give tabs, please🙏🙏🙏 I'm at the beginning of playing at bouzuki. Can't understand some chords.
I don't have any tabs, sorry! If you slow the video speed right down you might be able to copy my left hand for the chords
I can totally see Zoya sporting freckles and long curly hair.
wait.... no... that's Merida... scratch that....
Where I can found the tab?
No tabs, sorry. Learnt by ear
@@jackbeckett2838 The afination is GDAD?
What tuning of your bouzouki?
GDAD I think. Either that or GDAE
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Whats the tuning of your bouzouki ?
What's the tuning?:)
GDAD
@@jackbeckett2838 thanks
The poll results segment is incongruent with the rest of the video. Someone who doesn't trust science should trust social science even less!
Come again?
@@jackbeckett2838 Looks like a yt bug posted my comment on the wrong video instead of the one I was watching at the time. Very cool bouzouki!
Looks like I was trying to post on a Sabine Hossenfelder video. Why it landed here I have no idea!