michoud
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oud arbi
Hi folks!
I need some info about the oud arbi, in which countries is it alive, in which kinds of music is it use/used...
maybe some website about this kind of oud?
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Giorgioud
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Hello Michoud,
the oud arbi is still used extensively in Algeria, for the music genre called Chaabi. Over there it's called "Kwitra", and under that name you will be
able to find a fair amount of information about it on the internet, written in English, French and Arabic.
You can copy and paste this good article in French if you want:
andalousia.over-blog.org/article-colloque-sur-le-oud-maghrebin-a-quatre-cordes-43957916.html
The following is a brilliant site in English which lists and describes many instruments of the African continent, and there's a short paragraph
dedicated to the kwitra
http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/africa.htm
And this is a video of a guy playing Kwitra on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylmv9CnHyms
And the following one is a cool article in French of all the instruments related to the oud, including an informative paragraph on the kwitra.
http://elhouriazzouz.over-blog.com/article-1850912.html
Hope that helps.
Regards
Giorgio
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oudtab
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Bonjour michoud,
2 video links :
Algerian Oud Arbi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKX-kc6U0xk
Tunisian oud arbi Kouitra (or kwitra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhD0gAn6KIo&feature=related
But I have not an good address to find these kind of oud.
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michoud
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Thanks folks!!!!!
So nowadays we can only find oud arbi in Algeria and Tunisia?
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Giorgioud
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"So nowadays we can only find oud arbi in Algeria and Tunisia?"
It looks like it........if anybody on the forum reading this who would like either to confirm or disprove it, please do so....it's an interesting and
important piece of information, it would be nice to nail it once for all........
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Jody Stecher
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and France
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Giorgioud
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"and France"
Very true Jody, as France has a very high concentration of immigrants from the Maghreb, and their French descendants. Plus, I suspect, quite a few of
the Gallo-Celt stock who got enamoured of the sound and took it upon themselves to learn it...
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