Thank you very much. It is a great instrument to play.

Thanks very much. I hadn't played the bass for a good while but decided to give it a go again. I still struggle a bit with the big frets.

@charityshopguitar8790 Well, keep practising, and you'll get the hang of it. I am a guitarist, and I agree with you, the frets are too big on the bass!😂

Thanks I will. Yes it is a very beautiful oud. It is a purpleheart wood oud I bought from Ethnic Musical.

Thanks!

yes it has 11 strings and the base string is used as a base the instrument is the ancestor to the guitar and is called the Oud. Also the lute comes from the word al oud which became lute when it was translated into several european lnaguages from spanish to the oresent day!!

I have got several of those but don't use them all the time at the moment. In general I think a reesha is better as you have a better grip on it than a normal pick.

I don't have a maker's name for this out but I bought if from Ethnic Musical. It is a purpleheartwood oud. It is very beautifully made.

@@charityshopguitar8790 Definitely sounds beautiful Enjoy Let me have your e mail ı will send you a fantastic cd by grand master udi Hrant its Crossroads Traditional 4265 if you can find it :)))

İts good but maybe not truely acorded just maybe sometimes its good but when u do good accord( tuning) even bad instrument sound very good

Thank you very much. I would love to visit Egypt some day.

Thank you very much. I am very glad that you liked my piece.

Thank you very much. I will keep going. I have to get ready for the Barry and Aseel show.

Thanks very much!

Thanks very much. I am going to use it in a larger album.

Thank you very much. It is great to know that someone is listening. I am going to use some samples from this track on an album I am working on. I like the low go sound of the old cassette tapes.

Thank you very much. It is great to know someone is listening.

I must work on that.

or it might just be my playing.

tune it to (Mi La Re Sol Do Mi) from lowest to highest

@@thatbleak1860 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnfIhndufdpga80si=Q2oHYEUfHRl-H4u8 This is the system I use. Though I must get better at tuning.

Yes I intend to that but it will take time.

Thank you very much.

Thanks I hope I am making progress. It is good to know that someone is listening.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for your encouraging comments I really appreciate them. I am actually 65,but I know what you are going to say I don’t look it.

Thank you very much. Having good comments encourages me to keep going.

I am Irish and live in England.

Glad you like it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you, I do plan to keep going.

Thanks!

Youa re right, it is a Hofner violin bass that is similar to the one Paul McCartney used.

Thank you very much.

Yes I love it.

Thanks for your comment. Always surprised when someone actually watches.

@@charityshopguitar8790 u just put hijaz and guitar on the thumbnail and it is just obvious to me to click on it. 😍😍

Yes thanks for your comment the first ever on my channel. Nice to know there is someone listening!

@@charityshopguitar8790 thank you. I like to see what others get from guitar compatible maqamat, I use western harmony for modal progressions which would outline home and character chords or dyads in a rhythmical riff and then jam over it starting and finishing phrases on homechord's tones and then character tones through out the whole progression, so by using a modal progression, I dont have to follow the chord changes, which helps me to shred the scales

@@1000BrokenKeys An interesting approach.