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how hard to pluck?
I don't mean to imply that one should stay at the same volume forever! I think Norman means the ... |
2-8-2004 at 06:29 PM
by: Al Billings |
how hard to pluck?
To paraphrase the guitarist Norman Blake about the matter of picking and volume: " with good st ... |
2-8-2004 at 06:23 PM
by: Al Billings |
concave oud belly
I don't know. I've played several Najarians and they all shift a bit. My teacher has two a ... |
2-8-2004 at 05:50 PM
by: Al Billings |
electirc oud
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Brian, the piece I liked is actually in Nahawand. The memory is going. |
2-8-2004 at 05:43 PM
by: Al Billings |
electric oud
Nadir, actually there are thousands of American kids dutifully scraping away on acoustic guitars and ... |
2-8-2004 at 02:15 PM
by: Al Billings |
electric ouds
Adel, I've been a professional musician for decades, and I understand the need for a good engin ... |
2-8-2004 at 02:05 PM
by: Al Billings |
Concave Oud Belly
Ronny, I wonder that myself. I understand that setting the pitch of ouds was an arbitrary decision m ... |
2-8-2004 at 01:41 PM
by: Al Billings |
Concave Oud Belly
I'm measuring where the neck meets the body. |
2-7-2004 at 06:56 PM
by: Al Billings |
Concave Oud Belly
Afer 7 years the belly on my Najarian Turkish oud has "shifted," gradually developing a co ... |
2-7-2004 at 05:26 PM
by: Al Billings |
electric ouds
Adel, Yair Dalal was here in Austin a few months ago. He used a combination of the soundboard pickup ... |
2-6-2004 at 04:18 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Adel, isn't that what I just said? |
2-5-2004 at 03:15 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Adel, thanks for your opinion. I've gotten a lot of advice about oud selection. In fact, I' ... |
2-5-2004 at 01:35 PM
by: Al Billings |
Turkish Oud
Both Brian and Spyros have valid ponts of view. A gentle cleaning with very fine steel wool is effec ... |
2-5-2004 at 07:06 AM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Actually, I've seen a few plywood-topped ouds, with shell-covered backs. Bad idea.You could get ... |
2-4-2004 at 01:39 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Lest I leave the wrong impression, my ouds aren't plywood! I have a Najarian Turkish in Celik&# ... |
2-4-2004 at 01:14 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Brian, I've played a few laminate classicals that sounded passable or better, again, Japanese, ... |
2-4-2004 at 01:04 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Brian, I wouldn't commission a plywood oud or guitar, but back in the early 1970's the Jap ... |
2-3-2004 at 04:35 PM
by: Al Billings |
Rufi's Mystery Oud
Rufi, here's what the label says:
Qadmani [the word not fully legible] Zadeh Shamli Tawfiq
N ... |
2-3-2004 at 04:23 PM
by: Al Billings |
Rufi's Mystery Oud
Rufi, your oud was made by Shamli Tawfiq in Istanbul sometime before 1928, when the older Arabic scr ... |
2-1-2004 at 05:51 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Spyros, I asked you those very questions and you never replied. Thanks for posting ithe answers now. ... |
2-1-2004 at 02:56 PM
by: Al Billings |
Oud Quality
Having read much of the discussion about the merits or drawbacks of various ouds, it strikes me that ... |
2-1-2004 at 01:09 PM
by: Al Billings |
