lumiere
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Laouta Instruction Materials
Has anyone seen books, CDs, VCDs etc on playing the laouta? The name laouta seems to be ambiguous, but I mean an instrument with nylon strings and
Turkish fretting. Thanks for any suggestions!
Joseph
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Hi Lumiere. I think it is a greek instrument (?)
Anwyay check http://www.samir-oud.com, Mr. Samir Azar has recently made Laoutas, I think he could give u some info.
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corridoio
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if you search for "laouta" you will find a link to ross daly video laouta
http://dailymotion.alice.it/tag/laouta/video/x2njxu_iokastis-dream-...
but if you search for "laouto", for example on youtube, there are several videos..
ale.
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Arto
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The Turkish name for this instrument (and the type you are interested in) is lavta. Sorry, I don´t know any instructional material, but if there is
any, somebody in this board probably knows. I think it is a bit "obscure" instrument in Turkey today, but is getting more coverage as a classical
music instrument. I am not sure, but I have got the impression that it´s original role was more an urban "light music" instrument, dance music for
example? I´d like to know more, too, of its history and roles.
You get some nice music clips in Google by putting in search word "lavta". For example this one I like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnQqnluPqHg&feature=related
best wishes,
Arto
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Lavta instruction
Hello all. For anything Greek or Turkish, I suggest you contact Mr. Mavrothis Kontinis. He may be able to help as it relates to lavta instruction and
materials.
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Oud Freak
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Nice utube link. Already heard about lavta without knowing precisely what it is. I can imagine the lavta being the child of a oud and a buzuk.
By the way is the lavta an equivalent to the Nash2at Kar? There are nash2at kar pics in Ibrahim Sukkar's website, but what are the main differences
between with the lavta?
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lumiere
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Thanks all for the replies, and the links to the videos. Ross Daly is especially impressive because his whole group sounds good together. I see he has
some CD releases on Amazon. They're definitely going on my wish list.
Joseph
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