hans - 8-14-2014 at 09:49 PM
my own is the traditional, the 8 string is my teacher's, mehmet polat's
more of my own
hans - 8-14-2014 at 09:59 PM
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hans - 8-15-2014 at 01:07 AM
I am very happy, calay was still working on it when i came in to pick it up. There were two professional players who tried my oud and made some
comments, after which calay worked some more on the fingerboard.it's perfect now
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hans - 8-18-2014 at 01:37 AM
?no one with questions, not even about the 8 course oud?
Lysander - 8-18-2014 at 02:00 AM
They both look beautiful, especially the Turkish one. I hope to own an oud like this one day. How is the eight course one tuned? And do you have
recordings making use of all the strings?
hans - 8-18-2014 at 04:44 AM
Hi Lysander,
the 8 course is my teacher's, Mehmet Polat. I don't have recordings of this oud, but he had another one before this, maybe there are performances of
his with that oud on youtube. I don''t know what the tuning is, I'll ask him. The 7th and 8th string are very heavy, it feels and sounds like playing
a bass guitar. It is amazing, my next oud will definitely be like that
hans - 8-18-2014 at 05:12 AM
There are several recordings with his former 8 course oud. Look at Mehmet Polat Trio, live at Pletterij,Haarlem, the Netherlands, at 4.25 min.
Unfortunately I can't find anything where he uses the bass strings
adamgood - 8-18-2014 at 05:15 AM
Mehmet tunes in straight 4ths so probably the lowest string on that instrument is G#
Didn't Mehmet recently have something new built? Another extended ud? I think I saw on Facebook.
Hans are you living in Amsterdam? I get over there (Haarlem) sometimes to visit my wife's family. Maybe next summer.
Adam
hans - 8-18-2014 at 06:31 AM
Oh maybe we can meet then! He did have a new one built, it's the 8 course oud in the first foto