Talk:Irish bouzouki

message: Pronuctiation?
Bu-zoo-kee —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Piratebob13 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Right; and stressed on the second sillable: bouzóuki = bu'zuki.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.61.206.200 (talk) 15:03, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  pronunciation... 

message: I can't believe this page doesn't mention Chris Thile...  Piratebob13 21:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chris Thile 

message: The words "trixordo" and "tetraxordo" used all over the text to refer to the two Greek versions of the instrument originate from the greek words "τρίχορδο" and "τετράχορδο", meaning three- and four- chord instruments.  The correct transliteration of the word "χορδή" (means string) in english (through latin) is "chord", where the "χ" is written as "ch" not "x".  My guess is the "x" originates from "greenglish" a rendering of the greek alphabet using english letters that is visual, not phonetic, usually used by greeks over the internet.  Finally, you could use the ancient greek word for "three-strings", "trichordon" (and "tetrachordon") although in modern greek the final "n" has been dropped, so "trichordo" and "tetrachordo" refer to the words used when the instrument was introduced in Irish music.  The other bouzouki articles in wikipedia make use of the correctly spelled words "trichordo" and "tetrachordo", using "ch" instead of "x" for the greek letter "χ".
that's right, it should be "ch", and you can go ahead and replace the Xs yourself if you wish. 
No, that's not correct.  The Greek names are transliterated as "trixordo" and "tetraxordo" by Greeks writing in the Latin alphabet.  "Chordo" is an English transliteration of "χορδο", but the name of the instrument is not "trichordo", etc.
another problem I see with this article is the statement "Hardly anyone uses the Greek bouzouki for Irish music today". Where and from whose point of view does this come from? 99.251.230.51 (talk) 03:10, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Greeks writing in the Latin alphabet" may write trixordo or tetraxordo, and that is fine, but those are Greek words transliterated into English, or Greeklish. This being the English Wikipedia, and an article about an instrument a bit removed from the Greek original, it is more appropriate to use the accepted English words "trichordo" and "tetrachordo." See WP:MOS#Foreign_terms, WP:Romanization, and WP:Naming conventions (Greek). __ Just plain Bill (talk) 01:10, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  spelling error: trixordo should be trichordo 

message: Discussion of the infobox that just showed up is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musical Instruments. __Just plain Bill (talk) 23:09, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: What about people who employ the instrument other types of music besides traditional Irish, such as what "Falik" ()?  He uses a slightly different tuning (aA-eE-aa-dd).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meritmedia (talk • contribs) 23:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Styles/Tunings 

message: Apart from GDAD I also drop the G string to D (DDAD) The bass string is mainly used as a sympathetic string (drone)and I strum the melodies to Irish,Scottish and Macedonian tunes. It is quite a quiet style of playing tunes. It works especially well with another instrument and or with the capo on. In some cases the tune goes lower than the tuning will allow but as with The Uilleann Pipes one can change the key of the tune and have the bass drone as a fifth.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.162.149 (talk) 15:43, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drop D Tuning 

message: There are some serious inconsistencies in the tuning section and one odd thing is mentioning how someone pioneered the GDAE tuning on the mandolin. The mandolin has been tuned GDAE certainly long enough for it to be impossible to credit to any one person. eyeball226 (talk) 21:27, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tunings 

message: I just fixed one or two little things, but can only do so much here by guess and by gosh. There seems to be enough good information here to make into a decent article, but the overall impression I get of this page is a shapeless blob of bits tacked on here and there, without any citations to speak of, and a bit or two of POV, such as "are the only professionals of any consequence who use them." I will continue to chip away at some of the structural things, but not being versed in the history of this brilliant instrument I can only go by what shows on the face of what's here. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 22:25, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tagged for expert attention 

message: A lot of External Links have been added to this article--far more than are appropriate per WP:EL.  Part of said document states, "Some external links are welcome...but it is not Wikipedia's purpose to include a lengthy or comprehensive list of external links related to each topic. "  This page should not contain a link to every Irish bouzouki musician and instrument maker--arguably, it shouldn't include more than 1 or 2 of the most notable practitioners.  Now, I know nothing about Irish bouzouki (I literally hadn't heard of it until a few minutes ago), so I'd rather not be the one to do the pruning.  But someone needs to bring that section into compliance with standard EL practices.  If no one does in a reasonable time, I'll come back and do my best.  Qwyrxian (talk) 15:38, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright! It has been done, though maybe I buzzed a little too much off the top eh? I did move two of the external links to more relevant spots too! Hope it works. Honinbou (talk) 00:42, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

text: I sincerely tried to trim down the External Links section two times already but others keep adding a bunch of luthiers to the list. Personally, I don't think it is relevant or needed on Wikipedia but it seems others are not in agreement. I am giving up. Honinbou (talk) 16:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I just re-trimmed it to the three links recently left by Honinbou. There were additions and removals since then, some by what seems to be a knowledgeable anon editor, but it would be better to gain something resembling consensus here on the discussion page before allowing the bloat to reappear. I suspect this will need perseverance, given the history. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 16:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links section is far too long 

message: Sometimes the Irish bouzouki is described as Cittern, Irish cittern, Octave mandolin or Irish cither. 91.61.206.200 (talk) 15:13, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: "The modern instruments known as the Cittern, Irish Bouzouki, and Octave Mandolin have become very popular in Irish and Scottish music since the 1960s. Makers, such as Stephan Sobell, have created a wide variety of of these larger mandolin-style instruments." http://www.jonathanramsey.com/instruments/cittern.shtml 91.61.206.200 (talk) 15:13, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other names 

message: in the text is mentioned "in fact, there is even now a new Nordic branch of the instrument, having been modified further to suit the unique requirements of those musics" anyone have any more information or source about this claim? Does it maybe have something to do with http://fyldeguitars.com/custom_guitars/nordic.html  perhaps? CatCat (talk) 23:12, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Given that, 6 years later, I Also can't find any source for this, I'd like to suggest we remove that footnote from the article 109.147.47.68 (talk) 14:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scandinavian bouzouki?