arsene - 7-9-2007 at 08:19 AM
A weird question perhaps but, can anyone hear what kind of tuning Rahim uses for this piece? I'm guessing it's standard Iraqi (F C D g c f) but I'd
like to be sure...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R7JZbydqVk
thanks!
- Andi
oudipoet - 7-9-2007 at 08:46 AM
i do not know about the tuning but whenever i watch this video i feel like i am listening a cumbus player that i knew he was from urfa, Turkey he used
to play a tune like that all the time and i belive his father tought him that i do not know if it s just a coinsidence or this is a fanous song that
even cross to border and come to turkey or the other way around but at the end whatever cos i really like to rythm and the sound of this song.
spyros mesogeia - 7-9-2007 at 12:20 PM
arsene - 7-9-2007 at 06:36 PM
catchy little tune, eh?
Greg - 7-10-2007 at 06:11 PM
I dropped it 6 semitones and 7 cents to get it close to a comfortable playing key for standard Arabic tuning (CFADGC).
Regards,
Greg
arsene - 7-11-2007 at 03:03 AM
Which means he must be using standard Iraqi tuning? Or even higher than that?
Marina - 7-11-2007 at 12:59 PM
I got this!
"Hi Marina;
Thank you very much for your kind word,
I tuned my top string on F,hope that will be helpful for you
thanks again
rain Alhaj"
arsene - 7-12-2007 at 03:38 AM
You actually e-mailed him? Great stuff!
So can we conclude he tunes to standard iraqi tuning? FCDgcf?
Marina - 7-12-2007 at 03:52 AM
yes. I mailed him some time ago with this question. ;-) He is great oudist.
FCDgcf
arsene - 7-12-2007 at 05:37 AM
He is indeed a great oudist. I like his style very very much. Thanks for the info Marina!