naddad
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Why is Naseer Shamma's tuning not standard
I have his Luth de Bagdad album and his Maqmat Ziryab album, in both his oud is tuned slightly higher than standard, why does he do this?
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teslim
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his is the standard iraqi tuning with the lowest string a G and the highest an ff,,,there are many other players that use this tuning,,
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My understanding is that Naseer Shamma tunes his oud FCDGCF (low to high)
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naddad
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Sorry I meant that his tuning does not hit standard frequencies. Each open string is tuned a few cents higher than "normal". So for example a piano
cannot accompany him because the two will be out of tune.
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MatthewW
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maybe he doesn't like piano players....
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cjmichael
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Perhaps he doesn't have perfect pitch and just tunes the oud to itself by ear?
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To my understanding historically arab musicians would tune their instruments to the singers voice so the concept of perfect pitch is not relevant.
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ameer
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That's what I've heard as well. I'm aware of quite a few recordings where the tuning is between semitones.
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Brian Prunka
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Perhaps he wants to make it more difficult for people to learn his music . . .
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well, Mr. Shamma's tuning works fine at the provos (open rehearsals for the students), that's all i can say)
maybe it's a bit higher at his albums, but it's not a problem playing when listening to them, either...
but i ain't no perfect pitch guy....
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urus
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and yes, the iraqi oud's strings tension is higher, too. maybe, that's the point...
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teslim
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often times an instrument will respond to certain frequencies that are not standard A-440...if you are playing solo it is not a problem to be a little
sharp or flat of standard pitch as long as you are in tune with yourself....it becomes more important if you are playing with an ensemble to agree on
the "standard"-- more often it is 440 but many singers will choose a pitch that is comfortable for their range...be aware that standard A 440 is a
modern frequency to accommodate western style orchestras to project more volume-- the standard pitch has risen over the centuries...
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Has to be because Chuck Norris told him to... no other explanation.
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Brian Prunka
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Samir, you crack me up.  )
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urus
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>Perhaps the difference in sound is due to the instrument, I know that Maurice Ouds (which is where I >believe Mr Shamma gets his ouds) have a
very particular tone and quality to them. My
In fact, the Beit has its own oud master, as well as an oud shop.
But yes, I've seen a couple of Shehatas there.
And the tunings... people here experiment with them, too.
The 7 string one is good thing. Sometimes they drop the 6th F to C on a 6 string one, too.
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