Doc139
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Oud tuning in Morocco
Dear friends,
has anyone an idea how they tune their ouds usually in Morocco, players like i.e. Said Chraibi?
Alexander
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[Edited for typo]
Said Chraibi tunes DGADGC or CGADGC, or a fifth higher than that when he uses the higher strings as he often does. I don't think there's an especially
'Moroccan' tuning distinct from the various Middle Eastern ones, though, and most of the pros use the usual Arab tunings.
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Thank you, Khalid! I was just wondering about oud tuning in Morocco, especially of Said Chraibi who is my most favorite player! But: is there a "usual
arabic tuning"? I once in the beginning was also thinking there is something like "the usual arabic tuning", until I found out, that there are at
least 3 or 4 different kinds of "arabic tuning", which confused me first a lot. More or less all of them think, they are "the usual one"... isn't
it?
By the way: since I am coming from time to time to Morocco (mostly to Marrakech): where do you live?
Greetings to the south!!
Alexander, Switzerland
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Jody Stecher
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Quote: Originally posted by Khalid_Salé  | | Said Chraibi tunes DGADAC or CGADAC, or a fifth higher than that when he uses the higher strings as he often does. I don't think there's an especially
'Moroccan' tuning distinct from the various Middle Eastern ones, though, and most of the pros use the usual Arab tunings. |
Are you sure about the second course (the one below high C) being A and not G? That's a bit unusual and would put a fair amount of tension on the oud
using normal strings gauged for Arabic tuning.
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Jody Stecher
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Normally the highest tuned four courses are tuned in fourths. The lower courses are tuned in various ways. If you forget about absolute pitch (is the
highest course f or c ? for instance) and just look at this way, the various tunings become easy to understand.
| Quote: Originally posted by Doc139 | Thank you, Khalid! I was just wondering about oud tuning in Morocco, especially of Said Chraibi who is my most favorite player! But: is there a "usual
arabic tuning"? I once in the beginning was also thinking there is something like "the usual arabic tuning", until I found out, that there are at
least 3 or 4 different kinds of "arabic tuning", which confused me first a lot. More or less all of them think, they are "the usual one"... isn't
it?
By the way: since I am coming from time to time to Morocco (mostly to Marrakech): where do you live?
Greetings to the south!!
Alexander, Switzerland
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Khalid_Salé
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| Quote: Originally posted by Jody Stecher | | Quote: Originally posted by Khalid_Salé | | Said Chraibi tunes DGADAC or CGADAC, or a fifth higher than that when he uses the higher strings as he often does. I don't think there's an especially
'Moroccan' tuning distinct from the various Middle Eastern ones, though, and most of the pros use the usual Arab tunings. |
Are you sure about the second course (the one below high C) being A and not G? That's a bit unusual and would put a fair amount of tension on the oud
using normal strings gauged for Arabic tuning. |
Sorry yes, G. I should read my posts before posting them 
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