Originally posted by Monty88
Hi,
The names you said sound like those from the mid east dealer. I reccomend you do avoid puchasing any instruments with the names standard, banjo,
tambor or cura cumbus. Not the instruments, but anything over the net with that name.
The "standard" or cumbus is the instrument most related to the oud. Fretless, tuned in fourths: it works well as an introduction to the oud and
related intruments. This model does suit other musics like irish, which I have used mine for. Beware though, don't expect this instrument to serve you
as an oud-substitute. You WILL want an oud after owning a cumbus.
The cumbus mandolin is also nifty. It is simply the body of a cumbus with an eight string mandolin neck, so this will fit anything western should you
need it to.
The cumbus saz, cumbus tanbur, and cumbus cura saz are all getting to the turkish side of things, so these won't cut western music as well as the
first two.
Hope this helps.
monty |