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Thread #165109   Message #3958246
Posted By: David Carter (UK)
25-Oct-18 - 04:04 AM
Thread Name: Traditional Irish Didgeridoo
Subject: RE: Traditional Irish Didgeridoo
Interesting, I had always thought that the bouzouki was Greek, but it seems that it was introduced to modern Greece by immigrants from Turkey. But maybe it is Greek, as it seems to be derived from ancient Greek instruments which presumably were used in the Greek colonies in Anatolia in antiquity. It also seems to be related to Byzantine instruments, the Byzantine empire of course encompassing large parts of both modern Greece and modern Turkey.