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Charbel Rouhana Oud Instruction Book

Jameel - 12-5-2005 at 10:34 AM

Anyone have them??

David Parfitt - 12-5-2005 at 01:43 PM

Jameel,

I had Volume 1 of Charbel Rouhana's method some time ago, but later sold it. As far as I can remember, it started with major/minor scales, exercises etc. and was based on a more 'Western' style of teaching. I'm pretty sure this volume did not include any quarter-tones.

Sorry I can't be of any more help.

Best wishes

David

Elias - 12-5-2005 at 01:55 PM

Hello Jameel,
i have Vol 2 and3. I think is a good Method, a lot of exercises and musical pieces from original compositions of Charbel to El Sunbati to orther Classical Arab pieces ..... and Bach!! So as David says it has some Western music style, but there are also ornaments and quarter tones study parts....
Salamat
elias

Jameel - 12-5-2005 at 03:35 PM

Thanks, Elias and David. I appreciate it. One of the books is supposed to have Cinucen Tanrikorur's Samai Nahawand in Arabic notation in it. Can you confirm this? (I have it in Turkish notation, but just don't have the time to transcribe it)

al-Halabi - 12-5-2005 at 03:57 PM

Hi Jameel,

I don't believe that Tanrikorur's Samai is included in Rouhana's method. I just went through the table of contents of all three volumes to confirm this.