illdoitagain - 12-31-2009 at 03:17 PM
Never played an oud before or posted on this board, so very sorry for being such a newb, but I'm willing to pay my dues.
Dumb question #1: Just received my first oud last night. Here is my tuning experience so far.
When tuning to CFadgc I notice that the 6th string will produce a C note when played open and tuned to its minimum tension (any less string tension
and no notes will play)
I then tune the F in the same octave and the A in the same Octave. of course when I get to the d I have to go up one octave to accommodate the pitch.
then of course, I tune the g and c in this octave as well. The pattern from C to c would then be as follows:
W=Whole step
H= half step
WWH-WW-WWH-WWH-WWH
The problem this creates is that the distance between my low and high C's requires too much string tension and I have now broken two. I have tried
other tunings but If I lower the treble c to the 1st octave it can play at with its absolute minimum tension then this throws off the octave order of
the other strings. If I tune it to the 2nd octave it will break (and already has) this seems to be the case for most of the strings that came with the
untuned oud I bought. Could improper placement of the strings in the peghead comtribute to this? What am i doing wrong?
I have ordered new professional oud strings in hopes that the strings are the problem. could someone please speak a bit about octaves, tuning and
strings
Sazi - 12-31-2009 at 03:39 PM
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=10114
Aymara - 1-1-2010 at 04:27 AM
Download AP-Tuner and create a tuning profile for your desired oud tuning: C2 F2 A2 D3 G3 C4
That should be the easiest way to get rid of your tuning problem ... no more broken strings by overtuning 
David.B - 1-1-2010 at 10:41 AM
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