Mike's Oud Forums

www.bouzoukidvd.com

hgeorgako - 2-3-2004 at 02:51 PM

Greetings all,

This is indeed a wonderful site.
I have also recently purchased a Najarian Oud and i am in love with the instrument and especially the application of the oud to Greek music.

I am also the co-creator of the first Greek Bouzouki Instructional Tutorial in DVD format. For anyone interested, feel free to visit our site at http://www.bouzoukidvd.com
We have included more than 5 hours worth of Digital footage on how to play both the 4 and 3 string greek bouzoukia.

Best Regards,

Harry G.

spyros mesogeia - 2-3-2004 at 02:58 PM

Dear friend,
Congartulations for your try ,
But....I am Greek,I live in Greece,and in that short time of 5 DVD's to learn someone to play BOUZOUKI,I think that is not enough,but....You never know.....
Anyhow,I really respect your project and your good intentions...
Regards from Greece
P.S.ua me endiefere na dw thn ergasia sas....
Spyros Koliavasilis

hgeorgako - 2-4-2004 at 08:44 AM

Dear Spyro.

Thank you for the kind comments.

I should have elaborated i guess on the DVD series. By no means is someone going to learn to play the Greek bouzouki just by popping in the DVD's and watching them a few times. This tutorial is intended for use in parallel with actual practice and dedication. It is a comprehensive database if you will of everything pertaining to the Greek bouzouki. This includes the scales, their chords, the greek rhythms, multiple excersises, songs and various picking and strumming techniques. There are also interactive menus that show chord, scale diagrams and more. Material for both the "tetraxordo" and "trixordo" is covered. In order for someone to digest all the material it would take two to three years minimum.
I apologize if it sounded that this was a quick and dirty way to learn the bouzouki. That was not my intention.

Kind regards,

Harry Georgakopoulos.

Well Done

sydney - 2-4-2004 at 02:12 PM

Hello Harry

I must say you have done an outstanding job in your DVDs I do believe that they will make life alot easy. I do admire the effort that has been put in them. :xtreme:

All the best

Emad from Sydney

spyros mesogeia - 2-4-2004 at 05:28 PM

Hey bro,
you did a great job....I didn't want to get me wrong;).....
After all you are the first person ho does this pass.....You have my respect and my congratulatios.....
Sinexise aderfe:applause:
Friendly
Spyros Koliavasilis

Zulkarnain - 2-4-2004 at 07:12 PM

Hi Guys

I hope that we also have a set of DVD to learn the oud (for those who need) So far Mikes site is the closest one! and maqamworld.com is another great website to learn the oud and maqam!


Regards

Zul