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Who's got the fastest & longest tremolo?

Chris-Stephens - 5-9-2018 at 06:38 AM

I'm looking to do some analysis on several asian lutes (saz, tanbur, tar, pipa, and oud) on tremolo speed in beats per second. I'm looking for recordings in which you think the oud player has the fastest and longest tremolo on a single note. Can be turksh, arabic, persian, whatever as long as its oud. Solo taqsim is preferred but oud with accompaniment is ok too.

so lets hear it, who's the fastest with a risha?

Doc139 - 5-9-2018 at 09:21 AM

Usain Bolt? Michael Phelps? Lewis Hamilton? Who knows?
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tkmasuda - 5-9-2018 at 02:17 PM

I'm going to guess Tawadros, who has emphasized fast tempi in some tunes.

majnuunNavid - 5-9-2018 at 08:13 PM

Check Out Behdad Babaei. His sounds the fastest of all tremolo I've heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Rm60BiV-8

Yurdal Tokcan is pretty fast.

alaaraj - 5-10-2018 at 02:20 AM

Yousif Abbas and Bashir Gharbi are the fastest I’ve ever seen :-)

Examples:

Yousif Abbas: https://youtu.be/4BSikU5tSAI


Bashir Gharbi: https://youtu.be/Qij_mPWbJqA

Chris-Stephens - 5-10-2018 at 12:39 PM

Thanks, Navid and Alaaraj! Yousif Abbas I think may be the winnner here! Navid, that is some beautiful setar playing and very touching and graceful tremolo. I was looking for oud but I'll add setar to the mix since that is so fast.

Anyone else?