damascene_oud - 6-18-2007 at 05:23 AM
Guys, i listened to this young Turkish player and enjoyed alot the loads of emotions and passion he has in his playing and though to exchange it with
you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMq6Q36FAU
MatthewW - 6-18-2007 at 01:07 PM
lovely playing, lovely tone, very sensitive young man. he must have been born with a golden risha in his hand.
damascene_oud - 6-20-2007 at 12:12 AM
Though he is not on the level of other Turkish oud players technique wise, but yes i certainly agree with you very sensitive young man with sensitive
playing loaded with emotions and passion. He reminds me of Riad Sounbati's style, you hear it not so much technically advanced, but you cannot but
loving it, at least for me 
MatthewW - 6-20-2007 at 01:11 AM
yes, I agree. it's not always about how amazing your technique is or how fast you can play; sensitivity from the heart can say much more and remind us
of what the true beauty of playing the oud is all about.
mavrothis - 6-20-2007 at 05:54 AM
Hi,
I think this player has both impressive technique and feeling. Check out his Muhayyerkurdi video as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZv7rP5WTo
Take care,
mavrothis
oudman - 6-20-2007 at 06:05 AM
I really enjoy his playing. He is also a member of the 3DEM trio http://www.3dem-online.com/
Ashley - 6-20-2007 at 08:33 AM
Hi MatthewW..
Sorry, this is completely off topic but I noticed that your location is near London...I Live in north London (near Camden) and I am trying to find
other Oud players in London (and England generally) for jamming, playing, gigs etc...would you be interested in talking and perhaps meeting up at some
point? It would be so great to get an Oud community going in England!!
email me when you have a spare moment or add me on msn messenger
ashley.charles@hotmail.co.uk
Best wishes
Ash
mavrothis - 6-20-2007 at 08:58 AM
Thanks for the link Victor. I thought he sounded like a student of Yurdal
Tokcan. In the pictures of the concert on their site, they are being congratulated by him, which ties it all together.
Very impressive.
MatthewW - 6-20-2007 at 09:04 AM
yes guys, a brilliant young musician he is, a good combination of from-the-heart-feeling expressed through excellent technique. In both the youtube
videos I noticed he was in a version of B tuning, a half step down more or less from a verion of Arabic C tuning. It gives a very nice sound, and I
was wondering how common this tuning is?
mavrothis - 6-20-2007 at 09:08 AM
Hey,
The B F# B e a d tuning is very common in Turkey and gaining in Greece also, along with the C# F# B e a d tuning.
E A B e a d and D A B e a d are often considered more old fashioned and limiting, but it depends on your preference. I really like the older tunings
also, and they are also the favored tunings of Dr. Münir N. Beken from what I can gather, though he uses the other tunings above as well.
D F# B e a d and E F# B e a d are two other tunings that are used often enough too.
mavrothis
Jack_Campin - 6-20-2007 at 09:10 AM
I went to a workshop with Adel Salameh a few months ago and he had his ud in that B tuning (except he uses a 7-course).
My ud doesn't sound too happy down there, but it's not a particularly good one.
Ararat66 - 6-20-2007 at 12:45 PM
Hi Mathew and Ashley
I'm in Portsmouth - would love to meet up sometime, send me a U2U. By the way I've been using the B,F#,B,E,A,D tuning for a while, I found as a
guitarist tuning down to an octave with B rather than up as in E,A,B,E,A,D gives me a range my fingers prefer.
Cheers
Leon
dubai244 - 6-20-2007 at 10:40 PM
Hi Guys,
Listen to this guys and tell me what do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftScRHWmKgw&mode=related&sea...
Cheers
damascene_oud - 6-21-2007 at 03:59 AM
Thanks dubai244, that was really nice
But u want to see that young player in something extremely challenging, then listen to this.
Here he is playring Muhiddin Targan's famous Carprice in an unprecedented way, as far as i know, he is fascinating indeed. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5IK70WFYXs
dubai244 - 6-21-2007 at 10:23 PM
Hi Damascene,
That's really impresive, i always try to play this one but i found it really hard to
play. But i managed to play 25% of it. The secret behind this music is
the "inverted Risha" (Risha Al-maqlooobah).
Please if you have things like that, send it. that will be good to learn.
Cheers