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Please help me identify this tuing....

Christian1095 - 6-22-2010 at 12:49 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn81sdJ11oM&playnext_from=TL&...

Thanks in advance, I have a horrible ear for this sort of thing (Is it GADGCF)

Christian1095 - 6-22-2010 at 12:50 PM

Opps, I should have typed "Tuning":shrug:

DaveH - 6-22-2010 at 02:04 PM

Hi Chris

I think that's standard CFADGC tuning.

Christian1095 - 6-23-2010 at 12:18 PM

Even with the double strings on the top?

DaveH - 6-24-2010 at 01:12 PM

Pretty sure, Chris - some people do double up the bottom (pitch) string. Although I'm not sure he uses is in the video (didn't see the whole thing) - that piece only goes down to bottom G, so it might be tuned to something else.

Yaron Naor - 6-24-2010 at 01:25 PM

CFADGC

DaveH - 6-24-2010 at 01:27 PM

PS, lovely oud, isn't it. I think it's a Belhaiba.

Manil - 6-25-2010 at 06:52 AM

He said it in marocan/french it's a D on the second position of the first string, it's standard tuning CFADGC.

Is it a Belhaiba? wonderful powerfull sound!

Christian1095 - 7-8-2010 at 10:33 AM

Thanks! The double strings had me confused :D

charlie oud - 7-9-2010 at 03:05 AM

Hi Chris & all :wavey:

This piece is in the form of a European Baroque gigue (jig). Similar to those composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) found in his suites for solo cello, solo lute and in his sonatas and partitas for solo violin. It sounds very familiar and may even be a Bach composition. Nicely done here on the oud, also notice how it is played in western major scale throughout, it would sound foul, really out of tune if Arabic scales and intervals were used instead. Lovely playing but with respect would sound even nicer on classical/Spanish guitar, or other fretted instrument.