I am a guitarist but a total newbie on the Oud. I just want to share some tips that helped me with the oud (given the lack of frets that I was
used to in playing the guitar).
1-I downloaded a freeware windows based tuner that tells you the notes you’re playing with sufficient speed
(some of these programs are quite slow, but I use this program for testing Neys, Shakuhachi’s and Bansuri flutes with good results).
This program helped me fine-tune my playing as well aided me in getting a sense of the distances between note placements on the
fingerboard. You can downloaded it here:
http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~tuner/tuner_e.html its called the Shaku8Tuner_E.zip
2-Then I downloaded oud tutor. This program tells you the notes of the Maqams on the fingerboard. http://www.pro.com.eg/oudtutor/ 3-So when I practice Maqams I open both programs at the same time. After a few hours I had some sense of the
fingering positions.
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