Ellis plays violin, piano, accordion, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, tenor guitar, and viola. He started playing the mandolin, mandocello, sitar, bouzouki, charango and the 8-string ukulele. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello. Other examples include the sitar, rebab, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and bouzouki. They use a combination of electric guitar, violin, dulcimer, bouzouki and vocals. While recording she was shown to be using saxophones, an autoharp and a bouzouki. It looks much like the modern-day flat-back mandolin and the modern Irish bouzouki. It is performed with electric bouzouki and guitars. He is a singer and multi-instrumentalist specialising in the Irish bouzouki. Singer-songwriter Richard Shindell covered the song in concerts, performing solo and playing bouzouki. A well-known Greek musical instrument is the bouzouki. Being Greek, Yehuda Poliker has many songs that use bouzouki. By far the most common tuning for the Irish bouzouki is G2 D3 A3 D4. The cassette accompanying this tutor provided both songs, with Irvine accompanying himself on bouzouki. They sang heartrending tales of drug abuse, prison and violence, usually accompanied by the bouzouki.