Μυστέριο ζεϊμπέκικο (Mysterio zymbekiko)

Simple lesson on how to play Mysterio Zembekiko (Μυστέριο ζεϊμπέκικο) By Jack Gregory (Ιωάννης Χαλικιάς) on a classic Columbia Records recording from 1932.

[panoskaplanis]

Your video helped me a lot.Thanks a lot. Greetings from Greece. You earned a new subscription!

[UkulelePusher]

I really enjoy your videos and tutorials! I must ask you, do you ever go to Greece to listen to the music live?

[Aegeanflyhigh]

Great video mate! Greetings from Cyprus. I'm a piano and accordion player. The name is pronounced Eeoannis Halkias (Ιωάννης Χαλκιάς). But he can also be called Yannis (Γιάννης). Love this tune. Keep up the good work, I just subscribed to your channel 🙂

[aftergr]

With the new mic your bouzouki sounds totally different (better)

[channingdodson]

Interesting! I'm not a bouzouki player myself, but I'm a Turkish oud player who's bouzouki-curious, and I instantly recognized this as the "Rast Zeybek" attributed in Turkey to the late-Ottoman period composer Tanburi Cemil Bey. Seems like the same tune, though Rast traditionally has a slightly flattened 3rd and 7th that can't be played on a modern bouzouki. I'm not trying to stir up a hornet's nest, but it's really not surprising that the same tune would be popular in both traditions--so many are. You can't keep a good tune down.

Here's a link to a cylinder recording of Tanburi Cemil Bey playing on kemençe (backed by an oud player).