Pre-floating bridge recordings of Munir Bashir's oud playing would be interesting to hear. Low tuned oud recordings of Jamil Bashir would be amazing
to hear. I've never thought of this and I'm glad you did.
Jamil Bashir played a fixed bridge oud. He did tune to G. I have seen about 10 photos of him, always with a fixed bridge oud. And his sound does not
resemble the sound of a floating bridge oud. I have never seen a photo of him playing a floating bridge oud.
The playing style of Jamil is a natural outcome of his study with Sherif Muhiddin Haydar Targan. One can hear the sound and style of Targan in the
playing of Jamil Bashir. The teacher's influence is less obvious in the playing of Munir Bashir. Did his playing change because he began using a
floating bridge oud? I think he had new ideas and the floating bridge oud facilitated his musical ideas.
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