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Conversations with Ara Dinkjian Podcast

bulerias1981 - 7-19-2024 at 08:47 AM

OUD NERD ALERT!!

I'm happy to announce a podcast I recently did with oud master Ara Dinkjian at my shop Lord of the Strings in Beacon, New York as a series of interviews related to luthiery.

Topics we covered:
What's a great oud?
The inspiration behind Ara's recording "Conversations with Manol".
What is a great oud?
Some oud history
Life
How my 1 year old son heckles me

The video will premiere at 6pm EST, today, July 19, 2024

I hope you enjoy :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nff40gtLVA&ab_channel=Lordofthe...

Jody Stecher - 7-19-2024 at 07:47 PM

Bravo!
What was meant by old tuning vs modern tuning? I'm guessing "modern" means fourths all the way down. Yes?

bulerias1981 - 7-20-2024 at 10:46 AM

Old tuning is the 5th matches the 2nd and the 6th matches the 3rd.

maraoud108 - 7-22-2024 at 07:54 AM

Old tuning is, from lowest note to highest, E A B E A D or D G A D G C.