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Munir Bashir Oud

OudMaster - 7-28-2005 at 04:11 AM

Hi there my friends, it's so pleasure to join this forum, i am an oud player & collector, i am sending you one of my precious ouds that i have in my collection, one of master Munir Bashir ouds, Abdo Nahat made in 1927.

As you see me getting the oud from Omar Bashir also me playing with Master Munir Bashir famous Mohammed Fathel oud.

OudMaster - 7-28-2005 at 04:16 AM

Sorry, I forgot to up load the second Pic , you can tell that i am new here :D

Jameel - 7-28-2005 at 06:13 AM

OudMaster,

Welcome. Nice ouds. Please send us some nicer pics of your Abdo Nahat. Especially the shamsiyya and soundboard.

Thanks. :wavey:

hamed - 7-29-2005 at 12:15 AM

does omar bashir ever use his fathers oud in concert or for recording? Is that oud still in good shape, like the action?

either way that is a beautifull sounding oud.
i love the pictures.

OudMaster - 7-31-2005 at 01:59 AM

Thank you Hamed for your comments.

Omar always uses his oud which you see him play with it on TV or in recording . His oud were speacial made for him in 1975 by Mohammad Fathel.

Walah el sound is beautifull as you said but i found the tension hight (Dos 3ali) and the strings are old ,, as Omar , saad older brother and thire mom told me that after his death no one played on the oud,, it is kept in his strong case.

OudMaster - 7-31-2005 at 02:01 AM

Thank you Jameel,

I will inshalah send pictures for the oud also the sounding of the oud. :wavey:

hamed - 7-31-2005 at 05:37 AM

thank you oud master, i think this is the best picture ever posted on this forum, i am a big Munir Bashir fan. I think Munir Bashir used this same oud since 1950s, yes or no?

ps. i think Munir Bashir risha technique is the most advanced of all oud players, i wish more oud enthusiats would try to learn the secrets of this technique.

thank you

OudMaster - 8-1-2005 at 03:32 AM

Dear Hamed,

Again, thanx for your comments, Munir Bashir is and will be for ever a legend that will never be repeted. his oud was made in 7/7/57.

I do agree with you about the risha technique, but we have to understand that not any one can understand and value Master Munir Bashir style.

revaldo29 - 8-1-2005 at 07:13 AM

"i think Munir Bashir risha technique is the most advanced of all oud players, i wish more oud enthusiats would try to learn the secrets of this technique."

Did Munir Bashir keep his risha technique a secret on purpose? If so, why?

OudMaster - 8-3-2005 at 03:00 AM

I would like to explane a point here which i think alots of people have aginst Munir Bashir, which is keeping his technique a secret.

Munir Bashir had an official inheriter for his legend maybe it's not fair to compare father to sun but what ever Munir Bashir discovered or developed through out his carrier were tansfered to his sun, Munir had a lots of students durring his carrier i never heard some one close to his technique, so eventially this heretege will to to his sun.

beside his technique which is v /\ up and down is a technical technique tought in all muisc institutes inTurkia, but Munir took that technique and added his own Arabian or let me say middle east style together.

I vever heard about other fomous oud palyers sons ? for example salman shukor or Jameel Bashir or Ali Al-Emam or rowhi Al-Khamash or Nasir Shama or the other famous oud players from the middle east school (Sharqeyah) for example Al-Sunba6i or Alqasabji or Fared GHoson Or Fared Al-Atrash and the rest. or the Turkish School for example Sharef Turgan or Yorgo or udi hrant and the rest of famous oud players.

My opinion, to understand Munir Bashir style you need to be cultured lesten alot to his playing and off course practise all the time on v /\ style.:buttrock: