Kirbaba - 8-28-2024 at 07:38 PM
Hello
Maybe you noticed a lot of great oud players come from this city, they all have this perfectly balanced Simon like rishi with great intonation.
Do you think growing up there predisposes you to become a great oudist ?
Kirbaba - 8-29-2024 at 05:59 AM
My observations on the haifawi rishi:
Wrist is almost not bent
Right Hand/rishi as close as possible to the strings
Percussive down strokes not scared to hit the pick guard, maybe its even an ornament
For me they have the best sound over all the different style/schools of oud playing
bulerias1981 - 9-1-2024 at 01:49 PM
That's a good question, maybe it's in the hummous! 
In general, this is a musical region. Particularly the villages east of there in the Galilee. There is a strong music education, many many musicians
there and musical families, of which usually play to a high degree.
John Erlich - 9-5-2024 at 10:04 PM
Taiseer Elias, who is from Shfaram, east of Haifa, is one of my very favorite oudists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOaPSFEVLcs
John Erlich - 9-5-2024 at 10:05 PM
Kamil Shajrawi is another of that ilk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVR2zaZKvp4
John Erlich - 9-5-2024 at 10:10 PM
Nizar Rohana is from Isfiya, a village near Haifa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-alZkJPMMYI
Kirbaba - 9-6-2024 at 03:40 AM
I can add:
Michael Maroun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N0PZSadk7A
Elias Wakileh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_eZYGx7yM
Kirbaba - 9-6-2024 at 03:44 AM
Wissam Mutlak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mzWl2Z-Fdk