My Irish Bouzouki, (a Fender) has 24 frets counting nut and the fingerboard is 20 inches long from the nut down to the sound hole. Body depth is 3 1/8 inches and width from left to right sides are 13 1/2 inches. Also it is an Acoustic Electric with great sound and projection with or without the amp. I bought it many years age and it is my primary instrument along with a tenor guitar (4-string) and a 5 string Viola and I toot my own horn on a Irish Whistle. "Player of many, master of none" but still having fun at age 79 and counting. Skip a day of practice and it's a day lost at getting better. Get up an hour earlier if needed on set days for practice but never go several days without. An old mans thoughts.
@topscoremusicacademy Жыл бұрын
Hi everyone - thank you all so much for the support. More videos will be coming. If there are any particular questions you have please leave a comment to let me know.👍
@kathleenmccabe51512 ай бұрын
more lessons please
@topscoremusicacademy2 ай бұрын
@@kathleenmccabe5151 yes they're on the way!🙂
@kathleenmccabe51512 ай бұрын
@@topscoremusicacademy whoooo hooo!!! *doing a happy dance 💃 *
@topscoremusicacademy10 ай бұрын
Hi everyone - it's taken a long time, but I think I've finally got to grips with all of the technology, including the software and hardware, to make better videos - so more will be coming to KZfaq! I'm also offering online lessons on the bouzouki if anybody's interested. Check out my latest video for more information: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZacoayizMynhqs.html
@Whatzzzz999 Жыл бұрын
A lesson to last a lifetime! Many thanks for this brilliant video.
@stevenoneill1669 Жыл бұрын
Hi Decky! Thanks so much. I'd love to see more of these bouzouki videos. They were really helpful to me and the format you are teaching in here is great, and not like any other bouzouki videos I've seen on you tube. It really helped me connect the chords with the idea of counterpoint and gave me a good base to bring to a session. I'd really love to see more videos of different tunes but in the same format(basic/advanced with counterpoint melody). Thanks again.
@curlisjim4 жыл бұрын
This is just fantastic. Please do more videos!!!
@DenSerebra Жыл бұрын
Фантастика!!! Спасибо Вам за прекрасный урок!!!👏👏👏👏👏
@lucasvandekerkhove37696 жыл бұрын
anyone else waiting on lesson 2 ?
@frundlemud6 жыл бұрын
what a lovely instrument and as a guitar player much appreciated.
@jockeljo97129 жыл бұрын
Thank you for teaching me how to play my new instrument. I´m playing guitar and mandolin, but I must get used to this mixture tuning first. Indeed you´re very helpfull and a real good teacher. grettings from the North of germany
@andrealopomo82409 жыл бұрын
Jockel Jo Here he uses GDAD tuning, more common for bouzouki than on OM (for which fiddle tuning is more common). If you already play mandolin you can tune it GDAE exactly as the mandolin, but an octave lower!
@sorendefre16745 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! PLEASE let us have more lessons! Many thanks.Soren
@colinhesketh47107 жыл бұрын
Wonderful playing. More lessons please.
@billybyrne5234 жыл бұрын
Go raibh mile maith agat. Bought an Irish bouzouki recently and learned off your counterpoint. Great video. Thanks again.
@kierancantrell98045 жыл бұрын
Super! Thank you very much for this!
@toddley29396 жыл бұрын
What an awesome post. You have inspired my direction as a player in a huge way. Subscribed and about to go back to video 1 and watch my way right through.Please keep posting. I have a lot I need to learn :-)
@sergioribnikov8 жыл бұрын
Hi Declan! Good work on this tutorial, I enjoyed it very much and think it's great for intermediate-advanced players :)
@FlatlandMando5 жыл бұрын
I'm saving this lesson like $$ in the bank for later in my skill building. First I'll toil away like I have to, in order to get even your first lesson to sound good.
@tiernanconnolly100 Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@charlotteproud1927 жыл бұрын
More lessons please! So helpful!!
@kevinkelley97144 жыл бұрын
thank you Declan !
@ecarneylaw7 ай бұрын
AWESOME! Thank you!
@billhunter23004 жыл бұрын
Lovely playing.
@fixie6508 жыл бұрын
Do you have the TAB? I can read guitar TAB and it would be a lot easier than replaying, I think.
@DromardMusic Жыл бұрын
Declan, how do I reach you for private lessons?
@jamesfloyd8504Ай бұрын
Ño visual?
@FlatlandMando8 жыл бұрын
Where do you make your home Mr. Plummer? ( city, country for eg.)
@commissionergordan5 жыл бұрын
soy it's - diyn diyn diyn diyn up diyn diyn diyn diyn up diyn diyn
@megansalvione35226 жыл бұрын
Where can I buy this instrument?
@aubreynoftall38303 жыл бұрын
teaching tablature takes just a few minures lad....i dont know what you are talking about
@ashleykitson13006 жыл бұрын
If that's an irish bazouki as described in the video title, I'm a chinaman. It's a mandolin, and whilst I agree they can be tuned the same, they are not the same instrument. I play a bazouki. I can't play a mandolin, its too bloody small for my fingers! That said, thanks for the instruction.
@conormaloney1265 жыл бұрын
It's an octave mandolin, AKA an Irish bouzouki - the Greek bouzouki has a longer neck.
@c.a.t.7323 жыл бұрын
@@conormaloney126 Terminology can be confusing. My understanding is that an octave mandolin (which is what I play and is what I would call the instrument in the video) generally has a shorter scale length, and all pairs of string are tuned in unison, while an Irish or "Celtic" bouzouki has a much longer scale, and the lower two pairs of strings are tuned in octaves, like a Greek bouzouki. But I guess the nomenclature varies from here in America to various parts of Europe. I've seen videos of Nordic musicians, for instance, where what they are playing is called a "mandola" in the credits, but is clearly what I would call an octave mandolin.