joklany
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Ear training
Hello All
I have met several people in addition to many in this forum who admirbly became accomplished oud players by learning to play by ear and never learned
to read music.
My question is does anybody have any exercises that help to train one's ears to recognise notes and maqamat?
Also, there are many software/ online sites that helps ear training but mainly focused on piano and western music theory. Does anybody know of one
that focuses on oud ear training?
Best regards
Jaafar
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Marina
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Here is something,
I don't know if it will work...
http://www.trainear.com/
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nayoud
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Hi Joklany and Marina
My Bansuri teacher has me singing the sargam (notes) on a tuner to get the notes right when playing (yes yes yes I do get complaints from my son, but
hey what the heck  ))
I guess that would be a good place to start for any fretless instrument, I actually never needed it for guitar.
It seems to be a long standing Indian tradition.
Hope this helps
Cheers and Salams
HS
Hisham
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Tom Moran
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It could be that after 40 yrs of playing in rock bands, but as a beginner, I'm having problems distinguishing quarter tones. One thing that helps is
that I downloaded a free widget tuner (TapNTune - its also a metronome!) and was able to find just the right places to put the fingers more accurately
than I felt confident enough to do by ear alone. Unfortunately, there are no other oud players in my city.
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nayoud
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tom Moran
It could be that after 40 yrs of playing in rock bands, but as a beginner, I'm having problems distinguishing quarter tones. One thing that helps is
that I downloaded a free widget tuner (TapNTune - its also a metronome!) and was able to find just the right places to put the fingers more accurately
than I felt confident enough to do by ear alone. Unfortunately, there are no other oud players in my city. |
Yup i used that technique too together with oud tutor ... it really helps.
Cheers
Hisham
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