hamed
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Marcel Khalifes oud
hi everyone, i'm not sure if this question has been answered or not, forgive me if it already has. I would like to know what string length Marcel
Khalife uses on his Bashir oud, judging from his dvd footage and the sound of his oud, i don't think its 57 cm like most bashir ouds. If anyone has
the exact measurement i would be very greatfull.
thank you
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samzayed
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Hi Hamed, I've asked this question too, since it is a very interesting inquiry to say the least. I don't think anyone has offically responded, but
here's my theory . . .
I think Marcel probobly uses a longer string length (59, 60?) since he tunes traditional arabic tuning (C F A d g c') I can't confirm this, but his
sound is very traditional even though his oud has a floating bridge. This is just a guess based on theoretical assumptions.
However, I will going to the Arab Music Retreat next month, where Marcel's cousin and fellow oud collaborater Charbel Rouhana will be there (he's in
the dvd). I will definitely ask, and post my findings.
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jazzchiss
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I have an old vinyl of the Arabesques collection that says that Bashir’s ouds are 585 mm of string.
Now that I have a Turkish oud of 58 cm and a Syrian of 61, I encounter that is necessary a period of adaptation to pass from one to the other. Do you
think are possible to dominate both or are better to specialize in always playing with the same length of string?
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hamed
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thank you samzayed, i was thinking along the same lines, i wanted to say it was 60 cm or so, but i wanted to make sure. if you ever find out the real
info from Mr. Rouhana be sure to look up this thread or start another, i would be most greatfull.
jazzchiss, i'm sure you could master both stringlenghts with minimal adapting time between youre turkish and syrian oud, i think it depends on how
good youre ears are too.
thank you
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Ronny Andersson
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| Quote: | Originally posted by hamed
hi everyone, i'm not sure if this question has been answered or not, forgive me if it already has. I would like to know what string length Marcel
Khalife uses on his Bashir oud, judging from his dvd footage and the sound of his oud, i don't think its 57 cm like most bashir ouds. If anyone has
the exact measurement i would be very greatfull.
thank you |
Ask Yaroub Fadel.
Best wishes
Ronny
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