Karantouzeni

The karantouzeni (Greek: καραντουζένι) is a stringed instrument of the lute family resembling the tambouras, although larger and possessing four strings. It is typically used in the "rebetiko" revival movement of Greek folk music, a synthesis of the disparate remnants of urban Byzantine culture that was in many places subsumed by the predominant Turkish culture of the Ottoman Empire. It is usually tuned in the Ntouzeni (Greek: ντουζένι) style, much like the bouzouki, another pre-Ottoman revival instrument associated with the rebetiko movement..

See also

• Greek musical instruments
• Greek folk music
• Greek music

References

• Musipedia: Καραντουζένι
• Music instruments

Greek musical instruments
Ancient	Aulos Pan flute Pandura Salpinx Water organ Lyre Barbiton Chelys Epigonion Kithara Phorminx Trigonon
String Instruments	Bowed instruments Byzantine lyra Cretan lyra Pontian lyra Plucked instruments Baglamas Bouzouki Karantouzeni Laouto Lavta Mandola Mandolin Psaltery Tambouras Thaboura Tzouras Struck instruments Santouri
Aerophones	Woodwind instruments Askomandoura Tsampouna Floghera Karamuza Lalitsa Mantura Souravli
Percussion instruments	Membranophones Tambourine Toubeleki Tympano Idiophones Cochilia Crotalum Koudounia Stamna Trigono Zilia
See also	Music of Greece Greek folk music Byzantine music Rebetiko Laïko Greek dances