aaronsm
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Just bought an Oud - need help
Hi
I have just bought an Oud, its a Syrian/Lebanses one I believe, with 12 strings. So I guess this is an Arabic model? See attached. Is this correct?
The bottom C strings are quite loose, is this normal.
I've learnt how to tune it now, but now I dont where to start. I can play the guitar and ukulele, however is there a guide as to where the notes are
on the fretboard? Eg for a major/minor scale.
Any guide for arpeggios, basic guides, easy tunes to start with? I've seen the FAQ guide, however I cant seem to find the above.
Teachers in NW/central London?
Please help...
cheers
Mike
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John Erlich
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Does Ahmed Mukhtar teach? http://www.amukhtar.com/en/index.html
Wishing WE had an "ustad" in the San Francisco Bay Area (USA)...
Good luck,
"Udi" John
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conroystoptime
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Attab Haddad is a great London-based player and a former student of Naseer Shamma. Not sure if he teaches, but I would imagine he'd be able to point
you toward one.
http://www.attabhaddad.com/bio.html
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Jody Stecher
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If this oud has 12 strings and by "bottom" you mean bass/lower in pitch, and the bass course is very slack there is a good chance the set of strings
on there is intended for "F tuning " and they would be tuned FF and all the other courses tuned a fourth higher. Are the other strings slack? Do you
have access to a micrometer?
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em.20
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You can download AP Tuner for example and then find out where you have to press your fingers to get the right notes. I think that's the most important
for the beginning and it is quite good to manage with a tuner software.
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aaronsm
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label interpretation
am a lot happier now with the Oud. I have progressed a bit more.
Can any one interpret the makers label and possibly tell me anything more about my oud please. If its any good? WHere was it made? Is it a tourist
model etc
[img]http://www.onlyaircooled.com/images/oud label.jpg[/img]
What would you say is the best book to learn Oud technique on, is the Maria Toschich book any good?
I am an accomplished guitar player if that helps!
thanks
Mike
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aaronsm
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[img]http://www.onlyaircooled.com/images/oud label.jpg[/img]
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Alfaraby
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The Label goes as follows :
Iskandar Barameely
Music Shops
Teaching – Selling – Repairing
All Musical Instruments
First branch – Trepoly – Harbor Tel. 06/601848
Second branch – Beirut – Jisr Elbasha 01/492274
Third branch Jbail 09/546277
03/331848
Never heard of them !
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
alfarabymusic@gmail.com
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fernandraynaud
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Best money (IMHO) you can spend to help w/ learning oud: OudProf's Learn Maqamat on the Oud version 2.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEARN-MAQAMAT-on-OUD-VERSION-2-OUD-BASICS-/...
Make sure you have a new set of strings. Daniel Mari sets are inexpensive and good.
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Giorgioud
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Mike,
welcome to the wonderful world of ouds. Here's a teacher who might interest you: Soufian Saihi. He's quite well-known on the London "world music"
scene, he's got a myspace page http://www.myspace.com/soufiansaihi and here's one of his videos, I think he's performing at the exit gate of one of the London Underground
stations http://youtu.be/fS1uKdZ8vjU and here's his e-mail. soufiansaihi@hotmail.co.uk <soufiansaihi@hotmail.co.uk>; I wanted to take lessons from
him as he was going to commute from London to Portsmouth, but then he couldn't come to Portsmouth anymore because there weren't enough students to
make it worth his while, so I presume he now teaches just in the Greater London area.
I am based in the South East of England, but I am moving back to London in a couple of weeks, if you need anything including info or any help at all,
please do let me know, I'd be happy to oblige.
Giorgio
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aaronsm
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thank you everyone for all your help here.
Its a very friendly forum
thanks
Mike
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Quote: Originally posted by Alfaraby  | The Label goes as follows :
Iskandar Barameely
Music Shops
Teaching – Selling – Repairing
All Musical Instruments
First branch – Trepoly – Harbor Tel. 06/601848
Second branch – Beirut – Jisr Elbasha 01/492274
Third branch Jbail 09/546277
03/331848
Never heard of them !
Yours indeed
Alfaraby
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Iskandar Baramili is the name of the owner of the music shop of the same name. He also has a shop in "Dekwaneh" near Slaf street in Beirut. He used to
be (maybe still is) a music (oud) teacher. However, according to my knowledge, he isn't a luthier and doesn't make ouds. He buys ouds mostly from
Syria and changes the label, the label mention his name as Alfaraby translated ( shop, teaching, selling and repairing). He's not claiming to be a
Luthier. However, it would be better if he didn't hide/remove the initial oud label. The information he provides is consequently misleading.
His son (I think his name is Georges) is claimed to be a good electric guitar player and has won a silver medal in the same category in Studio Al
Fann, around 10 years ago.
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You might try contacting the Aswat Ensemble to find an oud austad
http://zawaya.org/site/?p=1892
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John Erlich
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Hi Richard,
I am pretty familiar with with Aswat and their last few directors. The San Francisco Bay Area seems to have many decent journeyman oud players, but
unlike NY or LA (or Chicago, at least while they had Issa Boulos), we don't seem to have anyone of "ustad" caliber.
On another topic: Did you move from WA to OR?
All the best,
"Udi" John
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