dansa - 10-19-2006 at 06:46 AM
hello every body it is possible to according one oud in tuning of classical guitare and the string maker can do it and it is good for my oud i dont
want to make a string guitar but a string oud in tuning spanich for play flamenco in my oud
Jason - 10-19-2006 at 08:15 AM
The tensions may be weird but you could mix a Turkish set of bass strings with the upper four strings of an Iraqi tuning set.
This would give you E A D G C F and you could probably tune the C and F down to B and E.
I wouldn't recommend this tuning without consulting your luthier as the tensions could be very dangerous for your oud
jazzchiss - 10-20-2006 at 03:48 AM
I think that, to obtain a well balanced tension, the best option is to use guitar strings, but tuning them in D if the oud is short scale (58.5 cm) or
in C if it has more than 60 cm.
Branko - 10-20-2006 at 05:39 AM
Use Aquila Arabic set "ff cc gg dd aa FF C". Use C if you have 7 string oud. Tune ff to ee, cc to bb and FF to EE. This will produce well balanced
sound across the strings.