RobMacKillop
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First Video - Tanbur
I'm beginning a study of the Turkish tanbur, and have a dedicated page for it on my website:http://robmackillop.net/tanbur/
Here's a video introducing the instrument, including a performance (too grand a term!) of one of the studies, the tuneful Calisma 30 from the Tanbur
Metodu by Emin Akan.
All advice gratefully received!
[How to do embed a video here?]
Link: http://youtu.be/onwPFBz6WBc
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majnuunNavid
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Great job!
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RobMacKillop
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Thanks. It's just a start. But we all have to start somewhere...
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Doc139
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Hi Rob,
I like the video and your playing, thanks for sharing! And your instrument has a nice sound, too. And stick to it, I'd like to hear your playing in a
year or so... 
Alexander
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RobMacKillop
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I hope I do stick with it. I bought a tanbur a couple of years ago, but that only lasted a month. I had no idea what to do with it. This time I have a
much better idea, for some reason. I can see what I have to do, which is not the same as knowing how to do it, but can see a path, whereas before I
saw a brick wall. So the signs are hopeful.
I've also met an oud player in my town to play with, and that makes a big difference.
One problem is that it is very hard to sight-read music when the notes are all laid out along one long pair of strings. I have to keep looking at the
frets to check where I am. I'm therefore choosing a study, then memorising it. Hopefully I'll get better at sight reading, as I don't want to memorise
EVERYTHING...
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