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Left-handed oud player

TruePharaoh21 - 1-23-2006 at 06:06 PM

Moshe Habusha

http://www.ahaba.org/multimedia/mhtaquasimoud.asf

Just an oud players video I found. Enjoy.

TP21

Jameel - 1-23-2006 at 07:59 PM

Very nice, TP21. Not only left handed, but his string order is reversed as well. I can't imagine playing with the high strings at the "top". I guess if you learned that way its no big deal, but I'm still impressed.

I also found this video at the same site:

http://www.ahaba.org/multimedia/rarishon.asf

Check out who appears in the video at the 7:43 mark.

I had no idea that the Jewish community was so into Arabic music. At this same site there is an mp3 of Ifrah Ya Albi, I'm guessing translated into Hebrew as "Yifrah Veyirbe" Is there anyone here that can shed some light on this?

Jameel - 1-23-2006 at 08:06 PM

These guys are jamming....

http://www.ahaba.org/multimedia.asp?id=10

SamirCanada - 1-23-2006 at 09:05 PM

Ifrah ya Albi is sort of the same as the Oum Koulthoum. These guys are egyptians thats why there into arabic music.

Elie Riachi - 1-23-2006 at 10:07 PM

Cool. I think Jimi Hendrix played guitar with the high string on top.

peppeo77 - 1-24-2006 at 12:08 AM

No, Jimi used to play with the reverse strings, basses on top and high strings on the bottom. But there are several guitar players in the west that play lefthanded with the righthanded string order. And they make very interesting things.
Ciao, Giuseppe.