Iraqi Oud

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gnasrawi

Posts: 12
Joined: Dec. 15 2007

Iraqi Oud

The mother of all strings' instruments :-)

[i wish pdl and naseer shamma would have played together, i'm sure they can work out some magic between them :)]

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 20 2007 12:30:08

Jasmine_27

Posts: 67
Joined: Mar. 26 2007
From: Tokyo

RE: Iraqi Oud (in reply to gnasrawi)

Thank you - This was really lovely. Do you play oud, also?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 20 2007 13:47:32

Haithamflamenco

Posts: 927
Joined: Mar. 6 2007
From: Bahrain

RE: Iraqi Oud (in reply to gnasrawi)

amazing

nasser shammah always the best,

نصير شمه

dont forget that Zeryab Moved from iraq to Al Andaluce

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 20 2007 15:13:40

gnasrawi

Posts: 12
Joined: Dec. 15 2007

RE: Iraqi Oud (in reply to Jasmine_27)

quote:

Do you play oud, also?

I wish I could!
It's not very difficult for a guitar player to play both, but remember that Oud (as in Arab music in general) has 1/4 notes. Thus, more sounds. It's also fretless!
If you wanted to play guitar stuff on it, you need to skip a "fret" so you work it out on 1/2s. A bit confusing in the beginning, but it works