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The Tzouras

This is a smaller bodied version of the bouzouki. It has much the same length as a bouzouki, but a more twangy sound. The bowl is considerably smaller than that of a full sized bouzouki, and this probably causes the difference in the sound.

My mate Nikos playing his tsouras on Hydra in 2008.
A Tsouras, Hydra 2008

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