Renato - 7-19-2009 at 06:56 AM
this turkish website states that the tuning would be GDAEBA. Is this a transposed?
Wouldn´t tuning the first string to a G be too high.
I tune the first four strings DAEB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215dNteJF38
just curious why...
suz_i_dil - 7-19-2009 at 11:10 AM
The arabic tuning is mostly as follow, for 7 courses:
Bass C ( or D ) F ( or E or G ) A D G C F trebles
The turkish tuning is one whole step higher,
so on this video it is like the arabic tuning in F,on a six sourses and one step higher.
I don't know if it is of common use by turkish players.
But the most common tuning for turkish is like the arabic tuning in C, on a 6 courses, with the bass in D G:
E ( sometimes down to B ) A ( sometimes down to F#) B E A D
So most probably your set is not make to string the trebles in G, but in D, and the string would break if you tune so high, or even damage the oud.
Note it is different strings to use for the bass, depending if you tune in E/A or B/F#, to get a good sounding result.
Don't know if I'm clear...
Hope this help
Regards
suz_i_dil - 7-22-2009 at 07:35 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vI8mvUk9Q&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fww...
here is a link of Yurdal Tokcan explaining the tuning of turkish oud, and the difference between the name of strings in turkish system ( bolahenk
system ) and their sound on a piano ( A 440hz ), by transposing of a fourth.
So the tuning you found is actually in the bolahenk system,and so in western notation it would be:
trebles to bass: D A E B F# E ( C# for the tuning he presents ).
Take care