As this same request was posted in two different thread sections, the threads have been merged - Moderator.Aymara - 2-20-2010 at 07:54 AM
Hi,
I'm not 100% shure, but I think he nearly always tunes his oud to FF-AA-DD-gg-cc-ff.spyblaster - 2-20-2010 at 07:56 AM
i cant watch the videos right now, but he uses arabic tuning as i know: D-G-A-D-G-C
of course the lower D can be changed to C, n the lower G can be changed to F or EMisusel - 2-20-2010 at 08:12 AM
thanx for your time i think he doesnt use so low tunning, the iraqish tunning starts from fa (the base) but thanx anyway...Misusel - 2-20-2010 at 08:16 AM
chris my friend i have my oud like that but i think he have tunned one of his base string as a do...in the first version...i'm soooooooooo
confused....greetings from Greece.Aymara - 2-20-2010 at 08:18 AM
HERE it's said, he uses FF-CC-dd-gg-cc-ff (FA-DO-re-sol-do-fa).
That seems to fit your findings.Misusel - 2-20-2010 at 08:22 AM
ok thanxxxx i'll give it a try...of course i must have in mind that he changes tunning depends th song...i just need the basic tunning...thanx for
your time and search.fadel - 2-20-2010 at 08:35 AM
hi
yase he uses FF-CC-dd-gg-cc-ff (FA-DO-re-sol-do-fa).
salam spyblaster - 2-20-2010 at 08:58 AM
well as i saw in a lot of videos like this or this, the lowest string is single. so at least im sure the lowest string cant be FF, coz its just one string!!! n thats why i guessed that tuning.
Aymara - 2-20-2010 at 09:06 AM
Yes you're right ... but it could be F instead of FF.
Let's wait a bit, maybe someone knows it exactly.spyblaster - 2-20-2010 at 09:34 AM
you know, ive never searched for the tuning he use n ive never care, simply coz i cant play what he plays!!!
n come on guys!!!
now a days we have 13 string ouds, so lets forget these tuning stuff.
this is the persian/arabic tuning for a 13 string oud: D-G-A-D-G-C-F
on a 12 or 11 string oud, we use the lowest D or highest F. dont we? n we tune the bass string(D & G) regarding to the scale/makam/dastgah we are
playin' (C,D & E,F,G). so pls don make it complicated to persian, iraqi, egyptian, neanderthalian, mercurian,... tunings!!! all of them are almost
the same in the melodic strings.
plus we have a turkish tuning n thats all. do u agree with me?suz_i_dil - 2-20-2010 at 10:01 AM
Naseer Shamma is using:
Bass F C D G C F trebles
But often there is some variation in tuning on his recordings. I mean the interval between strings keep the same but with variation of tune a bit
higher or lower:
Yes, but if Misusel wants to try playing songs Aseer plays ... maybe it's really better to use the same tuning. I can understand, that he wants to try
it.Aymara - 2-20-2010 at 10:48 AM
of course its needed to use the same tuning, i mean naming the tuning. its a lil confusing. i think those tunings dont have enough differences to have
different names. the most parts are the same.Aymara - 2-20-2010 at 12:31 PM
i think those tunings dont have enough differences to have different names.
When I started to get interested in oud, I got totally confused by all this different tunings ... the guitar has mainly one.
It would be easier, if these tunings would have names, yes ... if we could talk of Egyptian, Iraqui, etc. for example.
But who cares ... we get used to it Misusel - 2-20-2010 at 12:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7NHlyy9JU&feature=PlayList&...
this and many more you cant play it if u have tunned the oud diffrently. when he plays a melody in the treble strings he hits the base strings as a
base they must be excactly tunned...thanx for your help guys, very precious!
