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samir
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BUZOK
dear members
do you recognize the minor member of oud family THE BUZOK,the long-necked instrument with two metalic strings..it is rich of magic imaginations..it is
going to be rare..its sound clear's the soul from sadness..
oud-samir
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LeeVaris
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2 strngs or 3?
Hi Samir,
I thought the Buzok had 3 courses (3 sets of doubled strings) – I know I've seen them that way before at least.
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tow kinds of stringing
you are right Lee
in Turkey and Kurdistan ,they use 3 pairs of strings for their Buzoks( Tanbour),but in our music it is rare to use more than two,prince Muhammed Abdel
Karim used just two for his geniuos performance..
sometimes some players add 1 single DO.
the main thing is how to use the strings and in which style of playing..
oud-samir
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LeeVaris
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Beautiful playing!
Being of Greek heritage myself I am particularly interested in the connection between arabic music and the pre-Rebetiko music of the Greeks in Asia
Minor.
The original Bouzouki had 3 strings and I'm convinced that it probably had tied on frets to accommodate the microtones of turkish/arabic maqams.
Now days Greeks don't play in the original style, Bouzouki's have 4 strings and well-tempered frets and really aren't suited for the
original style of music.
I was thinking that I could adapt an arabic Buzok to play the Trichordo Bouzouki music in the tuning D-A-D but I'd need one more string set to do
that. A Tanbour is not really appropriate and a Saz also doesn't work - the sound is just too soft and buzzy.
What do you think?
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Hi,
Just an interesting note, my oud teacher has an old Josef bouzouki that is actually a 7 string, three courses with two unwound strings on the bass
string. The neck is also very long, more like a saz than the more modern bouzoukia. Plenty of people still play the three course bouzoukia today.
An Arabic bouzouk is probably the way to go Lee, which would go with the Asia Minor music.
Take care,
mav
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THE ARAB MASTER OF BUZOK MATAR MOHAMMAD
Hi all,
I thank you for including the Buzok in the oud forum, I think Buzok is Oud little brother.
the file I'm including is for the late Matar Mohammad from Lebanon, He's the one and only when it comes to Buzok in the Arab land.
this is a Bayati piece. the intro has drum that is actually him tapping on the sound board. Incredible 
enjoy
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I think the file is too big to post 13MB. any suggestions on how to upload this. I realy want you to hear it
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this may or may not work. I'll give it a try
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samir
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thanx
hi
thanx for interest in Buzok,Lee , we can add the third string,no problem,even Matar Muhammad played 2 striged buzok,i made one buzok for him some
years before he was dead, he was great..
aldokhi: you can compress the file to MP3..
try it..
oud-samir
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Samir, is that you playing in these clips that you provided? It sounds so good. It reminds me of Muhammad Matar.
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The Lebanese Buzuk has 3 courses as you can see on Mr. Ghadban's web site.
Nice music Samir. Thanks for bringing it up.
Regards,
Elie
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LeeVaris
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Love the sound
The sound in your video is great. For some reason it comes across much better on my system than the audio files you have posted.
We'll talk soon about a 3-string Buzok!
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buzuk buzok
hi
yes it is me playing buzok,i love buzok more than other instruments i play..
sure everyone can add strings to his buzok as he likes to play..
the lebanese buzok was usualy with two , but it is not a rule..
Lee i have a problem with my sound card in my PC , sorry.
oud-samir
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that sounds awesome
wow samir, that sounds really beautiful, makes me want to get a buzok. Maybe you could record some more for us?
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thanx
thank you
i love buzok and like to meet others who love it too..
i shall post more records soon..
bye
oud-samir
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two brothers
oud and buzok
oud-samir
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samir
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the range of buzok
buzok usualy has two octaves from Sol to the third Sol as in the attached file
oud-samir
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scales
two octaves of buzok
oud-samir
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Hi Samir :
I love your Takasim , you are a great player Alf Mabruk
regards
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excellent
that taqsim sounded great samir
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great music samir. thanks so much. I want a buzuk too
how did you learn? or are you a pro musician?
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aywa aywa 
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samir
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thank you all
hi everybody
you know i am an engineer and instruments builder , i play music since 30 years .
buzok needs special technique of playing
and rich Risha mouvement and musical
imagination .
i wish you all try it .
thank you
oud-samir
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Bravo Samir!
I love your taksim and your instruments look beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Take care,
mav
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3 strings buzok
hi
here i am playing a 3 strings buzok..
good experiance for me..
it makes the range wider,just little practice and it will be familiar..
oud-samir
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