samir
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different ages-different sizes
what about the different sizes of oud ? and for a child , how to start playing oud,and which size of ouds?
here is the first oud i made for my daughter when she was 7 years old..
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Hey Samir,
Now a days the pick gaurd would be the shape of Barney or Micky Mouse head.
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Oh I just noticed that it looks like a flat back. Is it?
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sure
yes it is flatted,this way it will be easy to hold by a child.thus the begginer will sit for a long time practising comfortably..
pay attention that the fingerboard is divided to notes distances.....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by samir
...pay attention that the fingerboard is divided to notes distances..... |
Yes I saw that, I did a simillar thing to my cheap khaliffeh replica , but
instead of lines I marked dots using pearl white nail polish where only the player can see them. 
The flat back is not a bad idea for a child.
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oudplayer
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hey it really is a good idea about the flat back bc she can consantrate on the platying not the holding.
thx sammy
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2nd size
the med. size fits for age 10-13 ..
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different ages and different sizes but also for different reasons. i don't know why it should be but for almost a year now i've been experiencing
pains in my left hand whenever i play my large, egyptian-made oud. i tried easing up on the pressure - which helps some - but the pains are still
there.
thing is, with the smaller, turkish made oud - bought off ebay for €40 or so - i don't experience these pains; nor do i have them when playing a
charango. originally i thought that frets may have been of some help but now i think it's simply size.
they aren't serious pains and i'm not taking anything for them - it's just that a half-hour's play on the larger oud isn't as comfortable as the same
on the smaller oud.
they say "once the man and twice the child" and this may be testimony to that.
- bill
by the way, that's a lovely looking oud, samir - your kids are fortunate.
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ok
ok
you are right small size is better,Nahhat made the bowl as 50.5 cm long 36cm wide.not more..
some makers made larger ones to get higher sound,so they made a big mistake to this instrument..
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samir
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Hi Samir,
The rings around the sound holes, are they solid all the way through or just an inlay? Can you give us details on how you do that?
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just
they are made of different wood( walnut ) and fixed properly.
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samir
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nahhat small size
it has been called Woman size oud ( sittati )
it was preffered for everyone some day..
look at this nahhat small size oud
oud-samir
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my latest small oud
i made it for a young student in Zahle-Lebanon Concervatory
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new instrument
here is the Lavta i made for Roger
it is between oud and Buzuk
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back
Lavta
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new buzok too
new buzok
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rec.
little buzok clip
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