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Buzzing on fourth and third courses?
Often an oud will change a bit in the first year or so and the action will get higher. Some makers ... |
1-10-2021 at 07:20 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Folded paper under nut?
Yes, it's simple, if the nut is too low you just add a little height by putting a folded piece of pa ... |
1-10-2021 at 07:16 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Can you achieve old oud sound (like Farids for exaple) on newer oud models?
Farid also may have had more sustain in person than comes through on the old recordings; having play ... |
12-19-2020 at 03:31 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
collection of phrases ("licks")?
Hi Volaya! Welcome to the forums.
I've actually been working on something like this for some ti ... |
12-17-2020 at 11:45 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
My first album "Monades"
Really nice work! I'm glad, and honored if anything I said was helpful or contirbuted in any way.
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12-9-2020 at 08:23 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Anouar Brahem oud
Abdelhamid Haddad, he has been discussed several times on the boards if you do a search.
Though I b ... |
12-5-2020 at 09:23 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Bassam Saba
I'm sorry to report that the great Lebanese master of the oud and nay, Bassam Saba has passed away d ... |
12-4-2020 at 09:22 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
String length 61.5cm or 58.5cm
The differences between any two ouds' sound are generally much bigger than the difference betwen the ... |
11-28-2020 at 11:33 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Fa - fa vs Do - do tuning
Hi Lael, this question has been discussed many times in the forum!
I get that the search function ... |
11-25-2020 at 07:08 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
general oud playing questions
Thanks, guys, I'm glad if it's helpful.
Just to clarify, when I say that it should be mostly down ... |
11-24-2020 at 10:01 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
general oud playing questions
Hey Avi! Welcome.
[quote]My first question is how do I know when I'm supposed to pluck up or do ... |
11-21-2020 at 02:17 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
I have a Zeryab oud and the strings sound like wet farts
Sometimes the design/build of cheaper ouds simply doesn't really showcase certain strings well, usua ... |
11-19-2020 at 12:39 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
pyramid lute singles for Turkish oud, Arabic tuning??
For what it's worth, 1116 is in between 1016 and 1017 and 10095 is in between 1009 and 1010. You mi ... |
11-16-2020 at 05:38 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
pyramid lute singles for Turkish oud, Arabic tuning??
Those tensions are a lot higher than what I would use on a fixed bridge. You might want to get the ... |
11-15-2020 at 11:19 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
One Finger Technique
[rquote=119812&tid=18424&author=elreyrico]Hi
Thanks for this very nice video.
I was wond ... |
11-12-2020 at 11:37 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Wittner fine tune pegs and bone bridge + nut
Welcome Viktor!
I'd say that pretty much all pegs require a bone nut to work smoothly (or possibl ... |
11-10-2020 at 09:57 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
One Finger Technique
This is a good question! I think you could, but examples from recordings are not leaping to mind. I ... |
11-8-2020 at 10:45 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Omar Naqshbandi left hand technique
this cracks me up |
10-28-2020 at 12:45 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Is there an Arabic tem for the fast rhythmic string switching during taqasim?
It's certainly interesting! I always thought that this technique was probably a Western import, borr ... |
10-27-2020 at 02:48 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Is there an Arabic tem for the fast rhythmic string switching during taqasim?
I don't know of an Arabic term. Of course in Western music this is generally termed a pedal point o ... |
10-26-2020 at 03:22 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Tuning down a whole/half step?
There was no "standard" pitch for Arabic music until fairly recently, people just tuned to the range ... |
10-26-2020 at 09:17 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Lavta fret intonation ?
Looking through the forums, Adam Good has posted a spreadsheet that allowed for calculation — no lon ... |
10-23-2020 at 11:50 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Lavta fret intonation ?
Hi al-Halabi, are you sure those numbers are right? The numbers for 720mm look about right but the n ... |
10-23-2020 at 08:11 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
Ebony Veneer to Cover Fingerboard - Dumb Idea?
My concern would be that if the fingerboard is uneven enough to cause buzzing, then that unevenness ... |
10-20-2020 at 01:05 PM
by: Brian Prunka |
Need information on maqam Isba'ayn
A further note is that, like Iraqi maqam, Tunisian classical repertoire is very codified into specif ... |
10-17-2020 at 10:43 AM
by: Brian Prunka |
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