SamirCanada
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New oud Farid el Atrache wana be
Hello I bought this oud off ebay for verry little money concidering the quality. Walnut bowl verry well made, bone nut, low action. The only thing Iam
planing on changing down the road is the pegs and that glossy varnish all over the face maybe the fingerboard if I notice that the walnut fingerboard
is getting groved in.
Anyhow I bought it to bring with me at picnics etc...
Its an egyptian oud made by Ahmad Abdelhalim.
Altough it says Mohamed Fadel and sons is the maker I know its not the case because of the trademark "raqma"
Iam trying to pull of a little Farido but obviously Iam not there yet I am gona keep trying though.
What do you think of the sound? and the playing (please I need to improve and I need your input)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdyFi0NDVcI
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oudplayer
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hey samir
well i thought it waws very good and u always improve. which is really good . the oud sounds good not not amazing but it seem like it amplifies a bit
which is good. and it looks awesome.
keep up the good work
thx sammy
we are lost camels in the desert and wanna find our way to water and the water is in aden
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abusin
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Nice work Samir keep it going
the oud sounds good and your playing is awesome
thanks for sharing
Awad
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Aziz
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well done Samir.. keep it up maaaaaaaan
Aziz
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Marina
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SamirCanada
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thank you all.
I have lots of mistakes... 
but it sounds not bad for a cheap oud eh?
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amine2
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i agree...
still have much work...as everybody in this world...
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peppeo77
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Good job Samir! How did you tune your oud to play farido? Peppeo.
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SamirCanada
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Ciao ragazzi
I have a needle tuner which has -50 -25 0 25 50
the closer you get to 0 the more on pitch your note is.
Well I let the needle rest at -25.
It sounds good on all the ouds I tried it on.
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peppeo77
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Ciao ragazzo!
and what about the tuning? is it a standard one?
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SamirCanada
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oh I get it...
I tune the basse drone string to C and then going FF AA dd' gg' cc'
Still I tune all the notes down by a quarter?
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amtaha
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Wouldn't the fingering annoy you (somewhat) ?
The oud sounds good!
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SamirCanada
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The fingering remains the same... Just the tuning is a bit droped
This tuning is proving to be the most versatile and Iam starting to notice that most professional players of arabic oud tune this way.
Farid el atrache, Ryadh Sumbati and the new players too. Abadi el Johar, Naseer shamma, and on and on...
About the fingering being anoying you may be refering to playing Hijaz-Kar wich is to me the most difficult maqam to get the right intonation with the
transition using your pinky down the A string. Its tricky to get.
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hamed
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I'm pretty sure that farid tuned to e-a-d-g-c because he only used 5 courses
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SamirCanada
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your right
the basse c strings is only for added support.
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