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Rita

Reda Aouad - 4-30-2009 at 12:34 PM

Hi all :)

This Rita - Marcel Khalife.

Yesterday I put on a new Daniel Mari set.. It's the first time I try it.. they are not perfectly settled and not 100% in tune yet..

I must say that I was very impressed by their sound from the second day.. the bas strings have the best sound I've listened to so far between all the sets I've tried and they're still not even settled.. and they will surely improve. Though, I didn't like the nylon strings.. they're more like fishing strings.. I should replace them with nylon strings maybe from LaBella which I liked a lot.. Please don't judge on them based on the recording.. its quality is pretty awful (2$ microphone) and doesn't show the oud's sound at all.. I am waiting for my new Zoom H4n to be delivered next week.. and will then post good quality recordings..

Anyways.. back to Rita.. it is one of the hardest pieces I've played so far.. and this is my first take - recorded today.. of course you may notice some mistakes.. it's not perfect and has some of my personal touch if you may feel in some places it's different from the initial recording.. but I would ask you for any comment you may say.. I welcome all comments and are waiting for them :)


Here is the link..
http://www.4shared.com/file/102684780/f0dc067c/Rita.html


Thanks for listening :)

hama - 4-30-2009 at 01:17 PM

Well Played Reda, I enjoyed listening to it, thanks for sharing

Reda Aouad - 4-30-2009 at 01:21 PM

Thank you :)

Do you already know it ?

urfali_63 - 4-30-2009 at 01:53 PM

niceee

katakofka - 4-30-2009 at 02:03 PM

bravo rida
practice practice and do it better than marcel

Reda Aouad - 5-1-2009 at 01:50 AM

Thank you all :)

Sure will keep on practicing..
Looking forward to hearing from all of you ;)

fadel - 5-1-2009 at 01:20 PM

hi

nice Reda I liket

I thenk thes nazih oud

thank

Reda Aouad - 5-1-2009 at 08:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by fadel
hi

nice Reda I liket

I thenk thes nazih oud

thank


Thank you :)

But I still didn't get a oud from Nazih. I just ordered one today which will be finished by the end of July :) And of course Nazih's ouds sound much better!

mrkmni - 5-6-2009 at 08:05 AM

Hi Reda,
At the end I was expecting you to sing:shrug:
Really very nice playing and feeling,
also the oud is very nice..
we need more

Reda Aouad - 5-6-2009 at 09:31 AM

Thank you !!

I wish I could sing.. But I don't. My voice sounds terrible :shrug:

Maher - 5-6-2009 at 09:38 AM

Great Job. I really like it. :applause::applause:

Christian1095 - 5-11-2009 at 02:45 PM

sounds sweet...

MatthewW - 5-12-2009 at 12:24 AM

Hi Reda Aoud - Marcel has written many lovely pieces for oud, and your playing of his Rita is very good! by any chance would you have the sheet music for this song? I'm sure you'll be over the moon when you receive your new oud from Nazih. Give him my regards if you collect in person. :airguitar: regards, MW

Reda Aouad - 5-12-2009 at 12:29 AM

Thank you all for listening :) I'm glad you like it..

Matthew.. I'm now over the moon even before receiving it! I can't stop thinking about it :rolleyes:

Here is the music sheet for Rita.. Karim has uploaded it in this thread.. http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=9106

Cheers !

Reda Aouad - 5-12-2009 at 06:22 AM

Matthew.. This is the music sheet attached..
Enjoy :)

MatthewW - 5-12-2009 at 07:19 AM

thanks Reda!:)

katakofka - 5-12-2009 at 07:45 AM

Reda did the intro
I continued;)
Lebanese Mafia:cool:

MatthewW - 5-12-2009 at 08:04 AM

hey man is that you singing Souheil? cool, Reda starts the song, you finish! :cool: :cool:

Reda Aouad - 5-12-2009 at 08:06 AM

Hehehehehehe.. what a mafia !

Thanks Souheil :)
Maybe someday I'll sing and post it here.. maybe in an effort to improve my singing..

Keep it on everybody! I always enjoy sharing..