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Hello Im new to the Oud and I need help tuning

alibaba - 3-5-2007 at 02:21 PM

Marhebah-Hello

I Just bought an Egyptian Oud from Ebay. It has 12 strings and I dont know how to "tune" it at all. I downloaded the Oud tutor which seems really good from starting out, but I dont think the sounds are right. I also dont have a pick, can I make one? Any help is extremely appreciated, Thanks :))

alibaba - 3-5-2007 at 02:26 PM

would the company name help? also the 1st 2 strings are crossed, bad?

oudplayer - 3-5-2007 at 02:40 PM

hey man welcome to our family

which one of the ouds did you buy u have pics of it still so we can all see .?
the most comman tunnign is DGadgc from bass to thin strings. bass closer to yr head.
you can make yr own picks but iof u dont wanna u should go to jameels website he had good ones for sale http://www.khalafoud.com
anythi8ng eles u wanna know
thx sammy

alibaba - 3-5-2007 at 03:21 PM

alright here are some pics, thanks for the help, hopefully this will help, so i can learn to tune it


what you think? :))

sorry, im not a pro with the new digital camera


alibaba - 3-5-2007 at 03:27 PM

any help for getting it tuned? Thanks

kkeys - 3-5-2007 at 06:28 PM

you need to uncross the strings, they nees to run parallel to eachother, and since it is an arabic oud tune it the Arabic way as mentioned above.

One other tuning is CFAdgc, I see you are adding a thin nylon string, you need to remove that and either tune it GAdgc or FAdgc, and if you want to add another string, I recommend a 6th classical guitar string (E) and add it to the top (Close to your head) and tune it either D or C respectively according to the above mentioned tunings.

Greg - 3-5-2007 at 08:14 PM

If you wish to tune it for the 6 courses as C F A D G C (low to high) download these small midi files that will make it easier for you: Download Arabic Tuning Midis

Regards,

Greg

alibaba - 3-6-2007 at 12:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by kkeys
you need to uncross the strings, they nees to run parallel to eachother, and since it is an arabic oud tune it the Arabic way as mentioned above.

One other tuning is CFAdgc, I see you are adding a thin nylon string, you need to remove that and either tune it GAdgc or FAdgc, and if you want to add another string, I recommend a 6th classical guitar string (E) and add it to the top (Close to your head) and tune it either D or C respectively according to the above mentioned tunings.


Thanks I loosened up the first two and uncrossed them, I dont see where are saying about a nylon string,????? all the spaces are filled up, Thanks again for the help :))

alibaba - 3-6-2007 at 12:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Greg
If you wish to tune it for the 6 courses as C F A D G C (low to high) download these small midi files that will make it easier for you: Download Arabic Tuning Midis

Regards,

Greg


Thanks for the sound files :)) !!!! I am trying to tune it now, not sure which way to turn the peg though ;)

alibaba - 3-6-2007 at 01:21 PM

Ok now I think I have it tuned, I just bought a pick, my nails are doing so well :airguitar: