arsene
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Rahim Al-Haj tuning on this video?
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
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oudipoet
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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.
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arsene
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catchy little tune, eh?
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I dropped it 6 semitones and 7 cents to get it close to a comfortable playing key for standard Arabic tuning (CFADGC).
Regards,
Greg
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arsene
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Which means he must be using standard Iraqi tuning? Or even higher than that?
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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"
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arsene
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You actually e-mailed him? Great stuff!
So can we conclude he tunes to standard iraqi tuning? FCDgcf?
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Marina
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yes. I mailed him some time ago with this question. ;-) He is great oudist.
FCDgcf
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arsene
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He is indeed a great oudist. I like his style very very much. Thanks for the info Marina!
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