Questions tagged [oud]
A a pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument, somewhat similar to lute.
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I have a Skywin oud, 11 strings. Do the pegs need to be in a certain order, like in length?
So I'm not sure if my oud came strung correctly,they look a bit worn but it came with 6 pairs of replacement strings and one 11th string.
What if while restringing, I took all the pegs out without ...
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Why do we use such different picks for guitar and oud?
The oud and the guitar are strung similarly (six strings vs. six courses of strings), and are both played with a flat pick; but the guitar pick is much smaller and flatter than the risha used for the ...
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Calculating the frequency of quarter tones
I have several questions on the subject of note frequencies and their ranges:
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How should I calculate the frequency of a quarter tone, such as the half-flat (half-bemol) that is found in ...
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Is zenne oud better for starters than the regular one?
I wonder if zenne oud (a smaller version of the regular instrument) is better for the starters in terms of ease of learning.
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Why is Western European music harmonically driven?
I was reading an article where they said that the lute was derived from the oud, a fretless melodic Middle Eastern instrument. But they added frets to the lute in order to make it easier to harmonize ...
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Is it normal for oud strings to touch other pegs on the head?
Recently I bought a cheap old oud without strings. I am an irish bouzouki player, so the wooden tuning pegs and the curved, angled head of the instrument is all new to me. The is noone near my place ...
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Do faster tremolos with a pick require developing muscles in the wrist and how long does it take?
I'm trying to develop a faster tremolo. I'm playing an oud with a risha pick. I'd (hopefully) like to get to this speed of tremolo. My tremolos aren't as fast as I want and become inconsistent at ...
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Tuning Arabic (Syrian Oud)
I bought a new Oud (11 strings). It has been a week and still I can't get it tuned. Does anyone know how to tune it? I was told it should be tuned this way: (C F A d g c), but I don't know what big ...
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Is it normal for an Oud/Lute not keeping in tune?
I just bought a 12 string oud/lute from Egypt, and I'm having some problems with its tuning.
Sometimes when I twist the tuning peg to get in tuning, it releases suddenly and drops the tuning all the ...
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Why are Arabic Ouds built with 12 pegs when they usually are strung with only 11 strings?
I've recently bought an Arabic Oud and started studying how to play it (it's a very fun instrument to play). One thing I don't understand, though, is why I have not seen anyone using the lowest pitch ...
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Playing non-Western scales on the Oud
How does one learn to play various non-Western scales on the oud? Are there instructions with diagrams showing notes as positions on the neck of the instrument? Book, videos, etc.?
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How should I go about learning the oud?
I'm a clawhammer banjo player interested in learning the oud. I have the following general questions:
How difficult is the oud relative to the banjo (i.e., has anyone else made this switch)?
What ...
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Tuning the Ouds
How many strings do various types of ouds (Arab, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Greek, Persia, etc.) have and how are they usually tuned (with pitch reference or not) to what absolute or relative pitches?
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