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Aymara
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I know a similar phenomenon from photography. There are some hobbyists with such an expensive equipment, where others prefer to buy a new car instead
But wasn't it Amsel Adams (I'm not quite shure), who said: "It's the photographer who takes the pictures, not the camera."
I think with oudism it's similar.
| Quote: | | When you consider that many people here started out with the intention of using the oud their way, only to find themselves learning Taqsim and Arabic
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Let me tell you something ...
When I first heard Taksims, I thought, wow, what a virtuosity, but it sounded similar strange to my ears as Free Jazz ... in other words, it's not
easy to get used to it.
But when I heard Mehdi Haddab's Taksim several times because I was fascinated by this special sound, it suddenly became familiar ... like the melody
of an evergreen
So I thought, it might be wise to do the following:
1. Get used to the tuning and playing MY kind of music on a fretless fingerboard by using my preferred guitar plectrum.
Then, when I'm able to play without looking closely, what my left hand does, I'll concentrate on my right hand and ...
2. get used to the risha.
Until then, I wouldn't be astonished, if number 3 comes on it's own:
3. learn oriental music.
I call it oriental for now, because I'm not shure, if it will be only Arabic or maybe Turkish too.
PS: I'm not very good in reading notes, though I learned it about over 30 years ago.
PPS: In European music theory we distinguish between serious and popular music ... sorry, I don't know the exact terms in English ... and I never was
a fan of serious music, especially Classic, except Jazz. I think, with oriental music it's the same, some tunes sound really strange to my ears, while
others make me step with my feet 
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Sazi
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I think the last two posts from Fernandraynaud in this thread sum up the feelings of many of us, and I give a BIG thanks to Mike  for giving us this great, interesting and informative forum where we can
learn from and share with one another all aspects of this wonderful instrument, the oud, which sings to the heart.
Cheers, S
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Aymara
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Shure, this community is great. And I especially like, that it's peaceful ... in many other forums I found much more controversy.
"Musik verbindet" (music unifies) as we say in Germany, which means, that music brings people peacefully together, no matter, where they come from.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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