Forum Player's Taqsims and Songs

Brian,

On behalf of all of us here I'd like to thank you and welcome you to our fourms, I am sure Mike the GREAT man who gladly came up with this wonderful web site is very happy to have you with us.

I personally Thank you for your nice comment. I am really touched. This also reminds me of thanking TP21 who has created a separate web page for me.

It is a great pleasure to have you here Brain.

All the best

Emad

sure name

Webcam

Ya lazez Ya raiek

Ok here something by me. A special thank to Mike

Hi Ronny

I must admit you have a style that I have never heard before. very smooth. Your oud sounds like a heavenly instrument.

Please keep it up I am sure you'll make a difference.


Good luck

Emad from Sydney

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Originally posted by sydney Hi Ronny I must admit you have a style that I have never heard before. very smooth. Your oud sounds like a heavenly instrument. Please keep it up I am sure you'll make a difference. Good luck Emad from Sydney

One more vote for Ronny--beautiful style.

Thanks Brian and TP21. About my heavenly sounding oud (indeed true Emad); it was built by Mohammad Fadel, and is a so called Bashir oud. This oud is the one Dr.Oud is building a copy off. I use playing technique that incorporate both eagle risha and finger plucking (also nails).

Ronny We are thirsty

Ronny Appreciation

Fantastic
Ronny, Munir would be proud
Regards,
Alan

Wow, this post was the biggest hit for a while and it slowly took a backseat to the others. Ronny, I'd love to hear another piece from you. Emad, without a doubt, you're taqsims can inspire the majority of this forum into picking up their oud and striving to be like you. Basel, I know you haven't forgotten about us, buddy... I hope your oud is fixed by now, and if not, I'm sure you'll post something real soon We had a few more, like zeyad and everyone, and I know you guys haven't stopped playing the oud! Pick it up and start playing... just turn the mic on and record and pretend like your just playing to yourself... then post! Let's bring this thing back to life!

TP21

Hello Fine People

Hello everyone, I am so sorry I have been so lazy lately. I'll pick up my oud and try soon, I know I promised something in Saba and other things too.. I will try to keep my promises.

Just Wish me some luck

Emad

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Originally posted by sydney I am so sorry I have been so lazy lately.

Me to

Alright .. alright TP21

you sounded like my father then


How come you are not playing? comeON play us something

As your reading this, I'm stuck at school. It's not that I'm lazy, I just have zero time. It's gotten to where I can just play for about 15 or 20 minutes a day, and that's sad. The only thing keeping me from getting upset about it is being able to listen to sound clips of others playing. As I'm typing this, Emad, I'm listening to the third taqsim that you posted for us here. I hope you have a fourth one to post soon, buddy.

TP21

P.S. You're father must be a sensible man, then.

Hi TP21

we all hope you are doing well with your studies. I'll post something very soon.

Be well mate

Emad

I'm back :)

Hey guys, nice to see progress on the forums, though all seem busy or lazy Been too occupied with studies, yet seeing this thread running dry from new pieces, I thought i could spare some minutes to record a little taksim and a song too (Emad's request). Too bad the file was big, so i had to take a sample from it, in order to keep it audible (trying to drastically change the quality affects the sound BIGTIME). So I hope u'll like it. I'll find a way maybe to post the whole thing somehow, but for now enjoy. And may this recording be a spur for all the busy/lazy/inactive guys there.
By the by Ronny u r amazing Where were u hiding? Sweden is just a few steps away from Latvia, I guess communication shouldn't be that difficult between us
So guys, get ur Ouds singing. If I found time and the will to do it, I dont think u guys will have a problem either Peace

Yours truly,
Basel

P.S. I hope the size is small enough to attach...

Hi Basel

I am so glad to see you back mate. I am also happy to be the first to download your sample, sad that I am at work and won't be able to listen to it until I get home. I am sure it is something to look forward to. I'll let you know what I think though. I hope you are doing great with your studies , we need more doctors/odists in Sydney

all the best mate

Emad

Okay BOSS

I'll give you an increase in your salary, buddy.

TP21

Basel you sounded great

Basel this is what I did while listenning to you " no more to say

good feelings there mate

Emad

Tell me what you think

This is a song that I have lernt long time ago , I have no info about it that I could share .. but I hope you guys like it




I look forward to your opinion

Emad

BRAVO!!

Emad that was brilliant! And u can sing too! I demand an encore

I may not be that deserving of the "madee7" I receive from y'all. TP, I feel a bit embarrased knowing that I have another fan in ur family I just hope my recording will always impress him like this one By the by, u should start recording once u read this post or u'll be denied ur allowance ) If u wanna impress me more sing too (just kidding man)

So y'all hope u guys are cooking something. Rony I hope those pieces u posted arent the last. Peace y'all!

Yours truly,
Basel

Hahaha, Basel, I sing like a chicken that has its feathers plucked on the spot. Let's let me learn how to play the oud first, then after you all think I sound acceptable, I can ruin it all by singing.

That's a great skill you guys have to sing and play at the same time. I truly applaud you. Ronny, your up next pal.

TP21

Thank you all

Hi TP21 and Basel

I thank you so much for your nice coments
I was actually hoping that you tell me what you think of the song it self? did you hear it before? did you like the words?

I'd like to hear from you

Emad

Sydney

Sydney u have to excuse me, the thing is I never heard the song before and I was afraid that if i said so everyone would think I'm an idiot ) Just kidding.
But I never heard this song before. It's nice. WHo sings it (besides you)? Maybe u can shed more light on the details of this song. We're waiting, not just for the info, but also for another piece Dont disappoint us man, u did a marvelous job, it won't hurt going for an encore, I sure will do the same ASAP
TP, how exactly does a chicken sound like when it's being plucked on the spot? Maybe u can show me a good example ) Anyways, if u feel too shy to do so, at least a post with some Oudism, it is not fair that u only spur us, u should fully participate (and the lecture goes on)...
Ouds, Oudists and Oud songs rock Peace y'all

Yours truly,
Basel

I know, man, I know. I'm a hypocrite, aren't I? I will post one up after my midterms finish this week. Don't be fooled, it's not like you should wait a week in eager anticipation of great things to come. I just don't wanna disappoint... but all of you guys are doing fantastic, and I applaud you all.

In the meantime, bring on some more clips!


TP21

Hi guys,
wow, Sydney, I love the song. Is it an old Egyptian song? Please, tell us more about it. Basel "my great internet teacher " you are really good at Farido . Your singing of Habibi fein is just wonderful. As TP21 said, I listen to it again and again and never get bored..... and I will not.

I just got back from Japan . I will post something today. And we are wating for you TP21

Zeyad

i try EsalRohak. By the way, is the section I played Rast on F ? I wonder if any of you guys have the music sheet of the song.

Zeyad

Hello Fine People

I am so glad that everybody got going and started posting. that is the way guys

Zeyad and TP21 I can not wait to get home and listen to your music , but at least I know there is something nice to look forward to at the end of my day.

All the best

Emad

TP21, man.... you developed a nice sense of timing in just short time. I am still working on it . In my opinion, your playing is smooth and hold together better than before.
Your Oud is amazing. It has really deep and rich (sharqi) sound. Let me know when you are selling it .
It sounds to me that the high G need some tuning.. what do u think? Hey... thank you for encouraging us to post some sound clips
Zeyad

Zeyad, I'm far off from being "held together" . I, too, like the sound of my oud. Your oud is truly beautiful, as well. I like the piece you played from Esaal Rohak. Sometimes, if I want to play something that sounds like a scale, I'll put on Esaal Rohak and fastforward to the 23 minute. It's a beautiful piece, and you do quite well with it.

Post another piece soon, man. I definitely want to hear more from you.

And thank you for all of your kind words. We truly are all part of a huge oud family.

TP21

>Where were u hiding?

I'm not hiding, only introvert...next week I play a concert with some poets..

> Sweden is just a few steps away from >Latvia, I guess communication shouldn't >be that difficult between us

Indeed true! Would be fun to have a jam session don't you think?

Hey shall I send you some BUTTER for that jam you guys are going to have?






Have fun



Emad

I hope this is a taksim in around saba and naviend!!!!my key note is G!!!on the rythm section is Band in a Box!!!
anyway hope you won't hate me for this!!I'm new to eastern music and the false notes are many!!!!I'd like your comments!!!In the future I'll be better I promise!!!!

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Originally posted by bluesyOud I hope this is a taksim in around saba and naviend!!!!my key note is G!!!on the rythm section is Band in a Box!!! anyway hope you won't hate me for this!!I'm new to eastern music and the false notes are many!!!!I'd like your comments!!!In the future I'll be better I promise!!!!

I love it, it sounds like Snakefinger

bluesy, I'm not sure if I've welcomed you to the forum yet, but hey... welcome! How long have you been playing oud for? I like how you play things in such a mellow fashion. Several times, we get caught up in all these tricks that we forget how nice it sounds to just play the soft and slow notes. I hope this isn't the last we hear of you on this part of the forum.

Again, welcome!

TP21

thanks TruePharaoh21 for the good words!!!I play the oud for 6 months,but I play electric guitar 5 years.A year ago I removed the frets from my old guitar because I heard someone playing the oud(I had also heard someone playing fretless guitar).This attempt was somekind of disaster,so I decided to get the real thing!!!and I just fell in love with the oud and the music it represends!!!!)

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Originally posted by bahleh13 TP once again I tell u u never fail to amaze me. Thanx for the delivery to my mail too I sent a more detailed praising there, but I will not deprive u of the comments u deserve in front of all the good listeners here in the forum: knowing u TP, good is a BIG UNDERSTATEMENT for such a taksim. And here's my response with a taksim (u can here the wood creak in the beginning_ u know the reason man ) with a short fragment of my perspective in kurd. Hope y'all will like it. I was also experimenting my new custom-made pick: soft, but gives a good sound, enhances the rashat (when u rapidly and repeatedly pluck up and down), far better than the blunt thick pick; however a slight loss in control is an issue here I guess no pick can be perfect. Anyways, the sound quality isn't quite the best either coz I had to compress and recompress the file to a suitable size. Enjoy Kurd on G: Yours truly, Basel

I really liked this taksim!!!

new taksim

Hi guys,
this is my new taksim hope you like it!!!
[hope:you miss my false notes(please!!!)]

Back again...

Hey guys! A lot has been happening while i was gone, anyways I'm back to remark and post

Ron, it'll be a jam alright, I'll just see how can we meet, ferries are more or less frequent to and from Sweden here. Time to change from intro to extrovert

Sydney, if u can provide the butter, grab ur oud on ur way and we'll have breakfast, all of us. Someone else has to join to provide the toasted bread

Zeyad thanx a lot for ur comments, u werent bad either with es2al rou7ak, singing too (TP I hope ur reading this). Keep up the good work man.

TP If only I had known our chats get u to post, heck I'll sing for u day and night Let's schedule a meeting online somethime man. Great work on the oudism as well as the timing (zeyad was right). SO keep it up.

BluesyOud, welcome to the forum and thanx for ur comments about my taksim. Allow me to add u r quite innovative on the Oud, I never heard anyone play with guitar technique on the oud before, and it sounds quite ok with u. No false note, only slight noncoherence with switching back from saba to hijazkar. I'm sure with work u'll do fine, and I do expect more posts, otherwise i'll be disappointed with u; u got potential.

Anyways, here is a small taksim I made again with a part of a song. TP I know the drill, the mail is definitely on its way by now to u with the full song Enjoy y'all Peace!

yours truly,
Basel

You7anna el 7abib :)

Thanx a lot man for the complements. One thing for sure I cant understand where exactly the recording confused u. It's quite simple man, i was playing and singing I dont think I sound exactly like Farid, no one can, he's the King, and his voice is unique!! Anyways thanx a lot. I love ur Oud man, how much exactly was ur budget? do u have a mail with large space? I'll send u a special file, I'm sure u'll like it Emad I also hope u can read this and have a yahoo account or another accound with BIG space.

yours truly,
Basel

oh.. I just realized the subject of your previous post...how'd you know my name's "youhanna el habib"? that's pretty cool, not many people make that connection, and to make that connection in Arabic... cool

bahleh13 thanks man,I'm trying my best,
I'll keep on practising !!!Comments like yours are helpful for me!!!!
I liked your Taksim Nahawand and your singing!!!!

Thanx y'all

thank you guys for the nice comments. I hope that my post wont be just for me to receive comments but the get the others to post as well.

Thanx bluesy, I hope we'll be getting a new recording from u soon, I really like ur style a lot, coz it's different, interesting, and exciting. I just wanna see how the Oud can adapt to guitar techniques without losing its identity, and you seem capable of showing me so man. Keep it going.

TP the mail is resent, I'm happy u liked it, trust me I think u'll love the rest coz i believe it is the first time I played Habib el Omr so good. By the way when you compress the sog the quality maybe isnt that good, but it sounds better than when i compress to a similar size, you have to teach me how to do it, but then again I wont be needing to send u the files, so u choose which is beneficial for u (I believe if it stays the way it is is better). I expect a post very soon from you

John (can i call you Hanna for short?) again thanx for your praising, and i sent you a mail with something nice and i hope u will like it a lot. Hopefully you'll be posting soon as well, so that you may share with us the sound (beautiful no doubt) of your new beautiful Oud.

Come on guys, everyone's starting to post, so let's keep it up. Peace y'all. Emad ur missed a lot, thrill us with ur melodies once more.

Yours truly,
Basel

Very soon Basel .. very soon ya habob

this my new taqsim!!!!comments please!!!

hey, this topic is on fire!!!!!

everyone

another

Brian I know one thing for sure!!!
I've heard many ouds in this forum's topics.
I don't know about the quality of your mp3,but your oud and everybody elses
in this forum sounds better than mine!!!
I hope in the future I'll offer to myself
a better instrument!!!
(although a bad instrument isn't an
excuse for me playing badly)!!!

Very nice Brian.

It's my pleasure Ronny.

Great playing man.

Ronny that was great man!!!!

Tp21 ,I'll keep on studying and posting,
your nice words are very flattering!!!

You guys are simply amazing

I am not going to use names but I can say all of you guys are great in what you do on the oud. Amazing how the oud brings the creativity in us. I thank God for the oud. I can not imagine the world without it.

God bless you all.. please keep on playing

Emad from sydney

Music upload

Lee, I think it may have been a bit too large. It wasn't able to post. If you'd like, you can send it to me via e-mail at truepharaoh21@yahoo.com and I will post it up for you. If not, then try downsizing it. I know it'll sacrifice some of the sound quality, but at least we'll hear it.

TP21

Mystery file

Another Mourice Shehata Oud sample

Another attempt

lee ,very melodic sound man!!!!!!

Mp3 version posted

thanks for the compliments. i've never done a taksim. but, . . . i'll learn and maybe post one this summer.

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Originally posted by john (beloved) habib thanks for the compliments. i've never done a taksim. but, . . . i'll learn and maybe post one this summer.

We should all post our taqsims friend!!!some are profesional,some beginers,some
in the middle.We should help eachother
progress,and critisism(followed by good
will )is a great help.Don't be afraid to post
something friend I'm sure every body would like to hear it.After all the purpose
is less important than the journey!!!!
I'm looking forward to listen your
taqsim!!!regards!!!

haha .. ya . . . ferrari . . . ) thx for the advice

My first taksim on my new Mourice Shehata Oud

thanks a lot man. I appreciate it.



one thing . . .I'm having trouble with is making the placement of my right arm, (upper arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, and pick grasp) comfortable.

I don't know how high to put my upper arm on the Oud, or how low . . . . how far to put my hand infront of the bridge (how far in front of the bridge I should pluck so I don't put too much strain on the strings and at the same time acheive a desirable sound) . . .