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Me Playing Somali Oud

Chococumba - 3-5-2017 at 04:13 PM

This is me playing Somali oud. I use the C minor pentatonic scale. I use play a pedal tone by doing a temolo on the C string whilst playing a phrase of the C minor pentatonic scale at the same time.

I am playing an Egyptian oud using 11 strings. I tune them BEADGC. For the tempo, I imagine Drum N Bass music and play to that drum tempo. When I say Drum N Bass, Im talking about the electronic fast tempo music. I play and strum the strings quite hard. I hit the strings hard on root notes mainly to follow the rhythm of the bass drum. The hit string hits usually represent the snare drum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDiimNOq1ks