Hamza
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Tuning
I recently bought a new Turkish oud, but I dont know how to tune it. Can I use an electronic guitar tuner? I dont know the difference between Turkish
and Arabic tuning but my oudist friend is from Kuwait and Im am sure he uses Arabic tuning with his Turkish oud. Anybody have any advice or tips for
tuning?
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Jason
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I use (low to high) D A B E A D or E A B E A D on my turkish oud but C# F# B E A D is also very common. Arabic tuning is D G A D G C so it's just a
whole step down from turkish tuning.
You can use a guitar tuner as long as it is a chromatic tuner. If this is your first oud or instrument with pegs just be patient because the pegs
will probably slip and, as with any nylon string instrument, the strings will stretch significantly as they are broken in. As things settle in your
tuning should be quite stable
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