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[*] posted on 2-17-2005 at 11:53 PM
Aquila Strings on Turkish Oud with Arabic tuning?


ahlan ya shabab

I often read from Aquila Nylcut strings here and i want to check them
normaly i play pyramid superoud but with pyramid orange or turkish strings as nylons becouse the superoud nylons are soooo heavy (in my opinion)

so for my turkish oud i want to check out the nylgut strings
i tune from low to high CEAdgc

so pleace give me an advice witch strings i shuld use on it

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[*] posted on 2-18-2005 at 01:42 PM


I think it might depend on the length of strings, from nut to bridge - could you measure this and post? I've strung Turkish ouds with Arabic strings before with good success, but also had situations where normal Arabic strings didn't work for the instrument and needed to use other gauges.
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[*] posted on 2-19-2005 at 08:31 AM


Hello Mourad:

Since Turkish is shorter scale length, using the Aquila Arabic strings set on your Turkish oud and tuning it to the Arabic tuning should be fine. Only the E will have a little lower tension, but that might be okay.
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