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Oud Capo

sydney - 3-19-2006 at 06:45 PM

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Originally posted by Ibn_Rushd
A friend of mine sent me a picture of him holding a very nice oud from Tunisia. In the picture I noticed the oud has a capo on it, but the capo only went across the lowest string. By looking at it, I think it was raised to D. I asked him about the capo, he replied briefley that depeding on the maqam he changes the C to other notes for convenience. Anyone knows where such a capo could be found?


Hello Brother,

I personally use capo on my oud because I often play with church singers and their voices vary a lot. It is nice tool to have in your oud case.

A guitar shop is the perfect place to buy a capo from.