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i want to string my turkish oud to arabic

ALOMARI - 12-4-2007 at 11:51 AM

i have a 11 string turkish oud (made by haluk), and i would like to tune it arabic scale , what kind of strings to use , what tune and any advice would be much appreciated.

nouphar - 12-4-2007 at 03:44 PM

First I'd downtune to DGADGC for example, and then search for arabic strings, wouldn't I?

Greg - 12-4-2007 at 04:00 PM

These threads should be helpful:

http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=4090#pid268...

http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=2945#pid217...

Regards,

Greg