Jono Oud N.Z
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6th Century Oud
Two examples of 6th Century oud's / barbat's from Sogdian Uzbekistan / Tajikistan, and central Asian musicians on camels.
http://www.iranian.com/History/2001/July/Sogdiana/
[file]24724[/file] [file]24725[/file] [file]24727[/file]
[file]24729[/file]
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spartan
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Beautiful!
Especially the stone carved scenery
I didnt see any stone carved scenery with instruments before
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The sculptor seems to have had some notion of accurate representation - in which case those ouds are being played in a fairly odd position. Is any
instrument held that way today?
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Khalid_Salé
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The way they're cradling the bowls in their arms is something similar to how the azeri tar is held:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvlC3VFgMo
But it would be much harder to do that with an oud!
It may be that the artist has them lowering their right hands like that for stylistic reasons rather than striving for accuracy - the position of
everyone in the scene is one of deference to the man holding up the cup - the king, or something?
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Instruments from left to right:
barbat/ud type instrument
barbat/ud type instrument
Zurna type instrument
cheng/harp type instrument
Cool! Interesting to see that style harp design so old. Jono where did you find?
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Jono Oud N.Z
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Hi.
I found one here.
http://flickrhivemind.net/flickr_hvmnd.cgi?method=GET&page=2&am...
The other ones are from books on the Silk Road from my Uni' library.
Good point about the musicians being in humble positions before the king.
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Jono Oud N.Z
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Here are some pictures from Dunhaung from the Mogau caves on the Silk Road, western China.
These lutes have acquired more Chinese characteristics, but are in between the barbat and the modern pipa, same as the current Japanese biwa.
Ziryab is known to have changed the wooden plectrum to a eagles quill.
There is a tanbur similar to the Ottoman style and Cheng harps and other Chinese instruments.
And a Seljuk bowl.
[file]24926[/file] [file]24928[/file] [file]24932[/file]
[file]24930[/file]
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really beautiful !
do we know from which century is these pictures?
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spartan
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really beautiful !
do we know from which century is these pictures?
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Jono Oud N.Z
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Hey.
From the 7th to the 10th centuries -mostly Sui and Tang Dynasties.
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