I got my first oud 3 days ago. i am a experienced guitar player. One quick question. I noticed that most people use only one string for the low C. My oud has 2 strings for theC

Hi Navid. Good to meet you.

so to solve buzzing make sure oud strings are in tune together and in perfect pitch. Next check the oud bridge and ensure there arent too many loops on the string. too much tension creates buzzing

What do i set the strings on

As for Taqasim and maqam structure for beginner listeners, I think George Abyad is a good option. Also, Riyad as-Sunbati of course.

I appreciated your comments about how long it may take to develop specific skills such as tremolo; it helps put things in perspective and emphasizes just how much time, patience, effort, curiosity and awareness it takes to learn this instrument!

Where's your risha?!!! Non-trad. man! Which works better for you, and does it alter the sound quality? Thanks!

Hi, Navid! Long time no see! Happy to be back!!! (Devin A.)

Hi Navid - sorry to have missed you live, but really enjoyed seeing the replay. Your suggestions re: learning tremolo were superb! Just wondering if you have your Easy Oud Songs Volume 3 available for purchase? Cheers!

Guitar has nothing to do with maqams stop waffling. Stop mixing instruments with the Quran and have some god damn respect.

Hi, I'll hold an oud for the first time this Monday. And just wanted to say thanks for creating these videos. I hope they help me learn 🙏🏻

What tuning are you using? And why? Check out this playlist for more beginner Oud videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLgH61CuW6rIrf8Eak9UUYVn5fTa746NN5

i was told that tuig turkish ouds to C-C doesn't make them sound nice. Should I tune it in standard turkish tuning for my oud?

This is nice, and it's wonderful that we have surviving medieval maqam music. However, the tempo here seems too slow. Also, Al-Farabi's ethnicity is contested, and I say this as an Egyptian-he is often described as both Iranian and Turk.

i am really to understand , the new model of teaching Arabic music from the traditional way of imitation and listening and copy the instructors , i hope the new model should for both the violin and oud

I just got back into oud after about 15 yrs and am finding that the "standard" seems to be changing, as many string makers are now using lower tension 5th courses, which feel and sound best tuned to G not F. I don't mind much either way, as that is just transposed Iraqin tuning, which I'm used to, but it's something to be aware of. Cheers

are there exercises one can do without the oud such that by the time they get an oud , they already posses quite a number of left and right hand techniques

what are the advantages a person with prior violin playing skills when they turn to learning the oud

what are the adavntages as Ahmad stated that , i=he was playing violin for about 3 years before starting with oud , how advantegeous is one in such scenarios to starting playing the Oud

could you explain the importance or impacts of learning Guitar opposed to oud or before getting an oud

My pegs unwind while im tuning. I press the peg in hard but its a struggle.. its like when im tightning the string the peg cant bear the weight and it unwinds.. even if i get it to lock in.. when doing the next peg the first one unwinds again.. can you please help. Im a beginner, i undid and redid the strings on my own, not sure if its the way did them or something else

I’m with a iraqi oud. I have a high F string pair from la bella and a string set of aquila (white) for arabic. Can i use the string set (without the Low C), and add the high F pair? Or should I buy a specific iraqi string set? Thank you. Great videos and great chanel

My oud tuning app calls this Syrian tuning.

I’m from 🇺🇸 and was wondering which strings you would recommend? I’ve heard mixed views on D’Addario though they’re my go-to for classical and electric guitar. I ordered La Bella’s but they rust pretty quickly.

The Arabic one sounds horrible (in comparison with any Oud in general) while the Turkish one seems to be a Sultan? You can't compare these two and generalize; If anyone were to check out a Sabsaby oud (Syrian) they would fall in love with "Arabic" ouds, or if they hear a Yildirim oud, they'd fall in love with Turkish ones. It all depends on the million little details put into crafting a Oud, mainly the type and age of wood. I don't agree with the method of comparison in this video, and I also think playing a full chord instead of the one note in the introduction to the song (Alf Leila w Leila) added too much noise and ruined the song

There are different ouds around the world with different lengths and play styles that require different tunings, so claiming one tuning is best is a bit far fetched.

Thank you Navid. We need a complete lesson about using the bass C string because most beginners don't use it at all.

Nice daf on jan-e maryan 👌 متين

Interesting that the farther West you go, the closer the E-1/4-flat gets to F, causing it to sound more like the E in a Western d-minor scale.

As an asian, everytime i grab my guitar i turn into a disappointment to my parents

Can I tune my Arabic Oud also like that? It will be capable of handling the extra tension from the F (now G) strings?

I think version 1 is Persian and version 2 is Turkish.

How can I learn the cumbus?????!!!!!

ohhh so very interesting! as a turkish person i think the sharpness of Turkish comes from how we play our traditional instrument called "bağlama/saz". it is played in a very sharp way and movement (while giving most notes the shame sharpness)! idk anything about music tho so my theory could be wrong 😅

Thank you!

Love this song. Dont speak arbic one bit, i first jeard in grand theft auto game, liberty stories for ps2. I always took a taxi cab to hear it

I have small hands, and the left hand position looks A LOT more comfortable and natural than for guitar! Thanks, too, for your thorough explanation of how to hold the oud properly, as I think experienced musicians often forget how awkward this can be for beginniers!

Hello - I am interested in purchasing the OFG Mechanica 60 Oud but I see your website says there are only 2 left. Is it possible to reserve one or will you be getting more in stock? Thank you!

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Thanks for the great view of your left hand and vibrato technique! Love the sound of that oud, too!

I like it but wanted to see Daf as well??

The player first, the instrument second, someone playing like you tends to always sound good! Nice video.

Think you again. Tell me, where a get oud like this one. It sond very nice

Thank you for everything that you do for this (your) community that have gathered around yourself. Merry Christmas to you and everybody else. 🙏🏻

Brother... 8 years I've owned an Oud and since that day I've been subscribed to you... In those 8 years, the tone, warmth and instruments you play are ... bah ba ba ba bah Damatagan! If you know what I mean!!! Let's set the context shall we! So, I was in Dubai, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpCaqKp_fZKDb8U I met a group of Iranian musicians in a music shop, had a wonderful evening and bought a cheap Oud off them as a souvenir. l play guitar, took it back to the hotel, couldn't get it to play well at all and then stumbled on my first major hurdle, tuning the thing with pegs... But I was determined, the Oud strikes deep into my heritage, Armenian via Egypt, now Aussie. Driving around I saw a very nice modern showroom, with the most gorgeous Ouds hanging, ornate ones, simple ones, the ebony, I haven't ever owned... I walked in and was met by Maurice, a charming Egyptian and I felt the calling. I sat down and they handed me an Egyptian Oud, I fretted and struck a pair of strings and the tone was up there with many of my loved guitars, it didn't take me long to know I'd never get another chance to own a decent Oud, not in Australia anyway. Never seen one hanging on a wall. So I bought it, lost the tune, struggled with the pegs from day one! Hey, I have lovely machine heads on my classical and steels, I learned to tune a guitar quickly many years ago and here I was feeling like a newbie again. So I packed it and brought it home. I tried playing it back in Australia, not sure if it is the weather being really humid, or whether the pegs needs a ream and service, all I knew was I wasn't going to mess around with an instrument that recoils it strings the moment a peg pops out of it's seat, so back in it's case and some thinking to do.... Months passed, I decided to check on it, took it out of the case and found the bridge had let go, 3/4 snapped in half and torn off the sound board and who's gonna fix this..??? Me I guess.... So I did, I measured up the string lengths, made myself guitar like bridge plate out of aged super hard Red Gum, put the same redgum as strengthening ears top the headstock and mounted twelve long electric machine heads. I had to buy long "deep Throat" G clamps too, just for the job. Life had me tending to other matters and the project slowly crept forward to yesterday, when I'd remembered I had sliced several random red gum pieces of differing thin widths, one of them would surely fit the bridge slot I'd routed and it did. After 8 years the day had finally arrived to test my changes, I hunted for a .79 and .1 string that was missing, dialed in a good (higher) action no buzz, jumped on to your Arabic FaFa tuning and finally got it tuned. It sounded lovely, pain in the (_!_) to tune, it was stretching in and getting closer and closer to what I wanted... Even my wife said, it's sounding better than I've heard it, only because it's tuned..... BUT THEN, AFTER 8 YEARS! I realised, this is the most difficult instrument in the world to learn how to play. I have to compare it to a guitar and I have to TELL YOU TOO, why!! Do you realise so few will be able to take a traditional Oud and learn on it. HOW CAN YOU SEE THE NECK? Or, you have to sit in a position that's going to ruining your posture for all of time. One has to be a master at the tuning and play blind before one can truly enjoy the instrument. I admire everything you've done for the Oud and the community behind them, consider what percentage of stringed players will be ABLE to even get it tuned, or get their hands on a decent Oud. My original one I put in my friendly tobacconist's shop, I traded him for a beautiful Cashmere scarf instead. My Maurice Oud will now proudly be on display with all my other guitars, I can pick it up and play whenever I choose, but I doubt I'll ever get the return of pleasure my Western guitars have given me and allowed my to learn and express my music. So when you next think of teaching someone how to play an Oud, you'll have to ask them if they've mastered a Violin and a Classical guitar and learned music notation in all Modes, Scales, including half notes, then you're pretty much reducing your audience to Brandon Acker and a few other masters of music. I love your passion, love your beautiful instruments, but if you're going to want the world to learn, you better start using a modern silent Oud with pickups and accurate tuning heads.... Why, because it wasn't until yesterday I realised, my stomach is WAY TOO BIG FOR AN OUD... You hearing me?! It really is too difficult for most considering how many give up on a guitar alone. Festive greetings for the new Year from donwunder. Hope I didnt offend.

Hi ! I m Tommy from Québec Canada.i have a cedar pro oud tune in turkish but i m going to change to arabic fallowing your lesson .i ve been listening to turkish and arabian music for the last two year learning maquam .now...i m ready to learn 👍😎

Basim from Cincinnati Ohio. I have been playing oud since 1986