My new `oud aw yeeah!

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michaelsanford

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My new Turkish `Oud, soon to arrive from Istanbul! :)

Mahogany body, spruce sounding board, rosewood tuning pegs and finger-board.

ooooh :p
 

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What is that, 12 strings? Can you tune it like a regular guitar? Or is it funky, like a Bouzouki?
 
It's the ancestor of the European lute.

It's got 11 strings, 1 "bass" string and then 5 pairs of strings. I tune it to the "Arabic" style which is D-GADGC. The first D represents the "bass" string, the others ane tuned in pairs from left to right.

I know of the Bouzouki and have heard it a little, but I'm not familiar with it in any useful sense, so I can't tell you how funky the `oud is in comparison :p. You can, however, listen http://oudpage.tripod.com for yourself
 
Ah, now I know, it's a very Arabic sounding instrument. Definitely odd tuning. Can't tell what kind of scale it's tuned to.... locrian, I think?
Edit: nevermind, I found out about it, here: http://oudpage.tripod.com/maqamat.htm

Any particular reason the neck is so bent at the end?
 
That I'm not sure about. But being an Arabic instrument, it's likely just highly decorative. Perhaps at some point it was structurally necessary but I really don't know.

What do you play?
 
heh. I just play a little guitar. And because I'm half Greek, I've heard plenty of Bouzouki music, too. That's all. And I think I tried playing a Banjo once and.... woah, that threw me off... heh
 
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