Came across an interesting clip of what appears to be a design built on the medieval lute or early oud. Apparently early ouds did have frets. The man
is playing it with what looks like a risha, and the music does start out sounding similiar to an oud taqsim before it moves into more European
medieval sounding music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXqrbOMsdU&list=FLkRA6ZiRWGeaSd...
The earlier pieces are vaguely familiar but I can't put a name to them. The piece he finishes with is "Stella Splendens" from the Llibre Vermell of
Montserrat. It's usually played like this:
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