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Intro to Ottoman/Arabic music?

DanielH - 7-31-2008 at 08:25 AM

Greetings friends,

Coming into the world of oudism from a Western-music background, I've found that I've had a hard time understanding the structure and development of both Ottoman and Arabic music. Can anyone recommend a good book that can help an absolute beginner understand how this music works? The most helpful things I've found have been liner notes to traditional music CD's I've picked up, but they are very limited in their scope of information. Thanks!

- Daniel

Marina - 7-31-2008 at 08:55 AM

At Jstore there are plenty of texts. Here is one

oudmaker - 7-31-2008 at 12:03 PM

Daniel
Go to http://www.turkishmusicportal.org
Dincer

DanielH - 7-31-2008 at 01:18 PM

Marina - thanks so much for the text!

Dincer - great link - thanks a lot! By the way, the new pegs you fitted for me are wonderful and the oud is so much easier to tune. Thanks again!