Buzuki buzuq / buzukee / bozuk

Buzuki buzuq / buzukee / bozuk. Origin: Greece, Turkia, Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt.
The buzuq is probably derived from a Turkish instrument of the same type. It has a small, deep, round body and a long neck fretted with metal strings. The instrument is tuned on a tempered mode, microtonal scales are thus impossible to be played. The instrument has eight strings set in pairs. Traditionally, the buzuq was played as a solo instrument by the immigrant gypsies from Syria and Lebanon.
Instruments close to buzuk are : the cura ( 3 strings ), baglama (6 strings ), asik sasi (9 strings) and meydan sasi (12 strings)
Performers: Ali Jihad Racy (Lebanon). P.H.D. in ethnomusicoloy from the University of Illinois. Professor of music at UCLA – Sivan or Civan Paewer, Kurdistan – Raoul Robecchi, Corsica.