Loay
Oud Admirer
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Registered: 2-3-2010
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Help choosing Oud
Ok, I am VERY interested in buying an Oud, I never played one, but I do play piano so Im good with the music theory.
I want an oud that has a low pitch.. like the one that naseer shamma and marcel khalife use, but im not sure which oud is that.. is it the turkish?
the arabic... etc..
and also, i would like to know where can i buy a good oud to start with in the U.S (online)
Thank you very much in advance.
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oudtab
Oud Maniac
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Bonjour Loay,
I've written few lines about the oud : http://sites.google.com/site/oudguitare/generalities
The best advice I can give you is to find a music shop and try an oud, before thinking to buy one online.
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Sazi
Oud Junkie
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Welcome to the forum.
Most people would say Naseer's oud is high sounding, not low, he uses Iraqi tuning Fcdgcf, - low (standard Arabic) is CFAdgc, Turkish is (most
commonly) C# F# bead, or EAbead. I know the quality is usually not too great, but check out youtube oud videos and see what you like. We have a member
here who makes the ouds that naseer & other prominent players now play, you could contact him and have one made for you, the ouds are fantastic,
check out this link...
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=10267
My own YouTube channel has hundreds of oud videos, some floating bridge and some fixed bridge, you could check them out.
Good luck!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Sazi369
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