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Can you tell if this is played by one oudist or two?

naddad - 11-14-2011 at 01:07 PM

Trying to transcribe Marcel Khalife's Amar Al Miraye, but can't tell whether the high E and D are played by Marcel or another oud (or perhaps another instrument?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAKxCwE8els

Thanks

fadel - 11-14-2011 at 01:30 PM

hi

I think 2 oud


Brian Prunka - 11-14-2011 at 02:11 PM

I think this is one oud. If you listen closely, the places where the higher part drops out are exactly where a single oudist couldn't sustain both parts.

I had the good fortune to play with Marcel (as did our fellow oudi John V., aka bulerias) as part of the New York Arabic Orchestra a couple of weeks ago and can tell you that he is quite capable of playing both parts to something like this.

BaniYazid - 11-15-2011 at 04:18 AM

Is there some reverb/echo/delay or other effect ?

Franck - 11-15-2011 at 05:05 AM

I think 2 ouds, they are panned left and right...

Brian Prunka - 11-15-2011 at 05:56 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Franck  
I think 2 ouds, they are panned left and right...


You're right! I guess I was wrong. Still, it seems a single oudist could get very close.

katakofka - 11-15-2011 at 01:37 PM

2 ouds. Most of this album was on Ouds that Marcel played both.
This one is 2 ouds (Marcel) and a Bouzouk guest to the album by Ziad Rahbani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GNhi5jkhHY&feature=related

spyros mesogeia - 11-15-2011 at 02:40 PM

2 OUDS
REGARDS:wavey: