J.S.Bach Invention 3 Celtic Harp vs Irish Bouzouki

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the two-part inventions for harpsichord in Köthen 300 years ago. In this case, the right hand is played by the Logic Pro X computer. We hear samples of a Celtic harp. Ronald Gottschling plays a 5-string Irish bouzouki.

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A 5 strings irish bouzouki ? This look like the famous "Cistre" or "Cittern" in English. A beautiful instrument existing since the Renaissance. Das hat ferswindet bettwen 1650 to 1770, wissen nicht warum. From 1770 to early XIX a rebirth and after that a new forgotten time. There is in Corsica a beautiful Cittern witjh 16 or 17 strings called " Cittera" . Citterne was more pop than the Luth because of the price of fabrication and a more easy playing. Nice video