OudAvi
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Question on Lavta
Hello friends,
I’m an Oud player and collector however I’m interested in learning how to play the Lavta now, I have four questions and would appreciate if
anyone could help or offer some advice!
1. From which luthier can I commission a beautiful Lavta?
2. Or where can I purchase an antique collectible Lavta?
3. Are there any good Lavta instructors who speak English?
4. How similar is Lavta to oud?
Thanks!
Avi
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teslim
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dimitris rapakousios makes beautiful lavtas,,he is on instagram,,i have 2 of his.his turnaround is very fast's well from when you order, he speaks
English and ships, old lavtas are harder to find and usually need work, the older ones also have a different sound as the new ones have have really
prospered and developed in the last 20 years, especially in greece,one of the best lava teachers is Perikles Papapetropoulos who teaches regularly at
Labyrinth workshops in crete and Spain, he has many videos on you tube, he also lives in athens and teaches privately ,,lavta is quite different then
oud,,, using the frets and longer neck, risha technique , but is fairly easy if you play oud already, ,, blessing for your journey, its a good one
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maraoud108
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While I didn't study with Perikles, I have taken several Labyrinth classes and have nothing but praise for them.
Really top notch instruction. Super challenging.
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Daud Neswari
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Hi Avi,
The oud and the lavta differ in a couple of ways:
The tuning is one, as lavtas are tuned either in 5ths or DADA as used by many players and showed to me by Sinan Erdemsel.
The other obvious difference is the fretting, which is similar to that of the Turkish tambur.
BTW, the Greek Lauto is metal strung and chromatic fretted.
All the best
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