Amazing Oud! A New Improv by Mustafa Said

Maqam World says Maqam Bayati "starts with a Bayati tetrachord on the first note, and a Nahawand tetrachord on the 4th note (the dominant). The secondary ajnas are the Ajam trichord on the 3rd note, and another Ajam trichord on the 6th note. These are often used in modulation." Pretty technical, but the best way to learn to hear this Arabic "scale" is to listen to a master improvise upon it. That is what Mustafa does in this video. It's a real joy to watch and hear him as he works his artistry. Thanks again, Mustafa!

[@mauriciopizarro8653]

Your magnifficent oud music inevitablily carries one to God.

[@AmerMilkyWay]

I'v never seen anyone play Bayat Maqam like this on Oud this is so awesome and deep God took his eyesight but gave him spectacular sense of music thank you for sharing.

[@TheFolksinger]

You are welcome. Mustafa is indeed a great, gifted player. And also a really nice person. Cheers!

[@Zaid9992]

MUSTAFA SAAED is what oud is all about god bless those hands !

[@lairy20]

tell him he made me cry I'm learning how to play oud but this is the best I ever heard the soul is amazing

[@mmfssr]

فيه لمسات من أسلوب طلال مداح رحمة الله عليه

[@lairy20]

اموت فيككككككككك انت عازف درجه اولا واتمنى ان اتعلم على يدك اين انت وفي اي مكان ....تحياتي لك يارائع احساسك وكلك رائع

[@AliyaCyconMusic]

Mustafa said is incredible. Saw him live in Berlin at a theatre festival 6 years ago. Bravo

[@chantalbitar3553]

Mustafa...I Love You Ya Dearest...

[@EssamSoft]

احساس عميق , سحبت طرب البيات من جذوره يا راجل

[@osamab814]

اي والله اخذتها من لساني، اخيرا عزف بياتي مختلف متطرق لنواحي مختلفة من المقام

[@amineharit8148]

ايش سحب ولا ماسحب هذا الرجل الرائع عبقري بمعنى الكلمة ونادرا ما تجد من يعزف ويغني صوته حكاية أخرى شغل مشايخ طه الفشني ومحمد عمران أعشقه وأحبه ووجدت عنده ضالتي هذا مدرستي ولن أنسى حازم شاهين بيات خرافي.

[@saadalshehri9075]

Left me speechless, haven't heard a taksim full of emotions and talent like this one. Best of luck...

[@TheFolksinger]

+Saad Alshehri Thanks for the interest. Mustafa is well and busy working in Beirut on restoring (digitally) old recordings by oud masters. I still teach at AUC in Cairo, but only on Mondays. Hopefully, Mustafa and I will get together someday soon, and perhaps record an update of his immense talent.

[@ottekalon2139]

mustafa left my jaw dropped for particular minute, and many tarab especially in the last minute. i think he is making sound like a sufistic mawwal in bayati maqam, and that's very genius. thank you mustafa.

[@mohammedseif217]

That is just beautiful music. God bless you Mustafa.

[@lairy20]

absolutely amazing I keep coming back to hear you every other day stunning..

[@trnobles]

I'm still stunned by his ability to play long melodic passages in harmonics! wow...

[@heliopijpe]

Indeed, what was that??

[@farzinnegahban2566]

Masha Allah, that was simply spectacular, it was a real joy to listen to it, this man is a treasure, I pray he keeps his art intact and not yield to popular demands to water down his music to please the crowds.

[@marinos901]

Music from above... Thank you!

[@Kwelinzito]

Outstanding bayati rendition by a true oud virtuoso and a master! He plays from the heart. Thanks for this video.

[@fihrilkamal7296]

This music penetrates my soul. 💚💚

[@TheSapawpaw]

it's magical i don't have words to describe this awesome man

[@TheFolksinger]

+TheSapawpaw Agreed! When Mustafa returns to Cairo from Beirut for more than a few days, I hope to get him to do some more of this. Thanks for the comment.

[@TheSapawpaw]

+TheFolksinger you're welcome sir

[@lluannr]

Best oud player, ever.

[@emadelrashidy4990]

من أروع ما سمعت على العود ...ربنا يزيدك فن يا فنان يا كبير

[@user-ex8qs8kl9k]

ما شاء الله عليك ربي يعطيك صحة و عافية و يقويك أخي

[@TheFolksinger]

Not sure if Mustafa checks my site often, but I'm sure both of us appreciate the kind blessings you send. Thanks for the comments .

[@ops111411]

ماشاء الله احساس ..... لاينوصف بالكلمات

[@italy9000000]

WOW that instrument sounds absolutely divine and you played it well thanks for sharing. Long live Music Down with Politicians ;)

[@italy9000000]

+Adil Belmokaddem your petty nationalistic comment gave me another chance to listen to this divine sound again thanks for that ;)

[@adilbelmokaddem6667]

italy9000000 Yeah that's because your culture is dirty just like your women ;) enjoy some of the arab elegance you don't have that in your "brothel" culture.

[@FeelTheVibe5]

Love this, its beautiful to listen to

[@s100mak]

ألله ألله .... إحساس مرهف جدا وأسلوب مميز

[@MohammedGSaber]

The best oud ever ,

[@amazighi5948]

it's beautiful, it bewitched me I replayed 6x

[@MirzaRedzepagic]

Wow, this is amazing! Great respect!

[@petermasipa3726]

These is realy great music i like it!

[@TheFolksinger]

Me, too. Share it around as much as you can.

[@mahmoudabdallah6616]

الله عليك...رائع أحسن نقل المقامات و أحسن الأرتجال و أحسن كل شئ

[@Dreamfullofzen]

phenomenal, enigmatic, captivating, magical, entrancing, and a whole lot more... I found myself drifting and swaying several times during this improv.... thanks bill

[@TheSULTAN7777]

رهيب يا مصطفي تكنيك في غاية الروعة واحساس راقي وانت لاتبصر فاذا تبصر ماذا تفعل ياتري

[@mohamedgabr5109]

It's God's gift ya3teha leman yasha2

[@TheFolksinger]

Agreed, mohamed. And Happy New Year!

[@ramziboukamel8227]

يا ملك يا اخي مصطفى العزيز

[@Rialas]

This man is a great player.

[@maherhashim8297]

so so good -Im from in Iraq that very good I miss see you

[@TheFolksinger]

Thanks for the nice remarks. Cheers from Cairo.

[@jamesbtex]

Oud jazz, how cool is that!!!

[@TheFolksinger]

jamesbtex Yes, I am always impressed by Mustafa's music. It's always original and at the same time authentic.

[@sufianararah]

thank you for this , you showed us a different a color of bayati ,very grateful !

[@majdrabee2713]

my teacher you are very fantastic

[@user-hc7uf3zp8b]

Very Very Good . 👍❤️💐

[@TheFolksinger]

Thanks, Abdul, for the translation and sharing the thoughts.

[@emadelrashidy4990]

The dominant is the fifth note..very nice playing...thanks

[@zabbarosa]

that s yours ?......you re a real new hero,,,,,,,,,keep on man ,,,,,,admiration

[@TheFolksinger]

In my opinion, Mustafa Said always equals Magic. Thanks for the comment.

[@hishamalabdulwahab7955]

Oh my god ❤️

[@aiadsalman]

والله فنا ن تراه مايشوف اذا ماخاب ظني

[@ghooshy10]

Woooow Thats Amazing !!! Legendary !

[@TheMusicalEvents]

This is just marvelous! Thanks...

[@MalekZ5]

this is some crazy good stuff ... amazing

[@russianvideovlogguy]

Wow just amazing

[@TheFolksinger]

Thanks. I agree

[@rezashia3135]

What an outstanding musician It’s a shame after seeing some later clips of his playing it seems limelight and recognition and presence in tv studios has compromised his art and he no longer performs Arabic maqams is such pristine and uncompromising manner

[@ameenalshaikh1828]

ياسلام

[@samimohsin1776]

Better than most of the famous Ud players.

[@ssdrim7moud]

Master !

[@amanurim7896]

Good God !!!

[@TheFolksinger]

Thanks for comments. I don't read Arabic (my own fault), but I am sure you have provided another helpful comment.

[@tarekmegahed1423]

Perfect use of string harmonics

[@soundproof714]

that sounds awesome!!

[@salemmlika8346]

الله

[@moga1968]

Muntaz!!!

[@tieresindehrenhafteralsmen5449]

super playing

[@moeeljabi]

beautiful sound beautiful feeling and beautiful music. did you study oud or by ear ether way sound like water falling, like bird flying, and like Mustafa said playing. also do me and do all the people who like this give us more of your work and add some of rast, sega, and saba with the way you play it will be amazing sound.

[@karimjaberofficial]

Bravo AAAAAA+++

[@fadel1254]

nice takseem thank

[@harryhoo5934]

very good dankie

[@wajihTn]

Harry Hoo the true oud is bya riadh sumbati, farid atrash, munir bashir not this

[@haythembraham1965]

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[@bassem564]

محترف

[@Kamiluncz]

super

[@ipsinghification]

i keep listening to this , its full of life , could someone tell me the Tuning of this OUD . Thanks

[@royasmar5680]

IP D G A D G C

[@ipsinghification]

many thanks retuning mine

[@marwanmalaeb4861]

This oud is 7 strings so the first from top is Do...Fa.. La.. Re.. Sol... Do... Fa... is the last one from bottom

[@music-wy8gh]

اللي يعرف العود صناعة مين لايبخل علينا

[@mohamed.marwan95]

الصانع اللبناني الاستاذ البير منصور ودا لينك البروفايل بتاعه علي فيس بوك facebook.com/albert.mansour.14

[@bloxygamez4514]

و للعلم اسعاره تبدأ من ثلاثة الاف دولار

[@CreepyGourmet]

he looks like rowan atkinson

[@TheFolksinger]

Check out later videos. Mustafa is blind, and that may explain why his eye movements remind you of Mr. Atkinson.

[@nandiji]

Well, in maqam bayat "dominant" or "r'amaz" is 4th note. The Arabic music theory is different than western. :-)

[@alasawedabdulfattah7049]

صناعة من هذا

[@yousifbntalal1187]

العود صناعه البرت منصور من لبنان قيمته 3500 دولار

[@issmaz2010]

Very nice taksim !! what mic do you use for recording ?

[@TheFolksinger]

issam.mazhoud If I remember correctly, it was an SE 220A

[@moga1968]

leish ya zalame??

[@thebest41or2]

Oh gosh, i can't get enough of this really amazing taqassim. Mustafa is surely amazing. I have a question guys: do you happen to know who made Mustafa's Oud? It is the kind of sound i've been looking for for a long time. Thanks guys :)

[@TheFolksinger]

+thebest41or2 At this moment I do not, although I'm pretty sure it was a master craftsman in Cairo. Mustafa is in Beirut at the moment, I think. But I will try to find out, and if I do so, I will post an answer here.

[@thebest41or2]

For a sound like Mustafa's oud it must be produced by a mastermaker. I will be more than grateful if you could find out. Thanks, Mike

[@TheFolksinger]

+thebest41or2 Mustafa replied to my email: "The person who makes my Ouds since 2006 name is Albert Mansour. He lives in Beirut. I never am fed up from having instruments made by him. He even made the Oud family playing in Asil Ensemble."

[@thebest41or2]

In fact i heard quite a lot of praise for this maker, but i never heard his ouds (apart from Mustafa's of course). Can you tell me about the price range for ouds made by Albert please? Thanks so much for your help :)

[@TheFolksinger]

+thebest41or2 I don't know the prices. But I'm sure you could google the person and contact him. I do know that when I purchased an oud that Mustafa had made for me (though I don't know if it was Mansour who made it) I paid in Egyptian pounds about the equivalent of 500 or 600 USD.

[@alasawedabdulfattah7049]

Who is the maker???oud maker???

[@byblos2466]

Awesome! What oud make is that ?

[@ayadadel8449]

لوسمحت اللى يعرف نوع الاوتار دى ايه يقولى عليها

[@hasanelrabih]

albert mansour , lebanese maker ,,

[@azizmohamedsalama6187]

روح السنباطي فيه

[@akrivosdiavolos73]

Excellent playing...Who is the maker of this Oud? Nazih Gadban?? Sounds very good and very Arabic..

[@williamevenhouse2827]

I am not sure I know who made this one. Mustafa could tell us, but he is away in Beirut now, working on special recording projects. You could probably search him on line and find him.

[@user-rl4mk8tc3j]

This is Albert Mansour's Oud _ Lebanese Oud Maker

[@mohammedabugoead3971]

صنع تركي

[@-royelasmar-oud9227]

@@mohammedabugoead3971 the oud is made by the great oud maker Albert Mansour( Lebanon) for more info about the maker contact me on wp: 0096178846912

[@aboodsalem1848]

إلى حط ديسلايك هذا مقهور لانه ماعرف يتعلم عود هههههههههههههههه

[@aboMt3bbb]

م فهمت والله

[@nagyanass392]

Can I know who made this oud and what is the kind of these strings ? Thanks on advance

[@HassanHassan-hp7cg]

This oud is made by Albert Mansour -lebanon Tel: [phone]

[@almosamem2]

who made this oud and what kind of string did mustafa used

[@mattbowman8208]

What a beautiful oud! What style is that?

[@TheFolksinger]

The oud? or the improvisation itself? AMERMILKYWAY SAYS BAYAT MAQAM. Unless Mustafa disagrees, I'll go with that. Check out his fine concert from Dec. 12 2012: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYKuaXuea6isr7s

[@mattbowman8208]

+TheFolksinger Thank you very much for the information. However, i was asking about the type of oud. :) It looks different from most I've seen.

[@anaphylastiks]

The oud is nice. I would call makam bayati with maybe a few clever modulations. Style is pretty much strictly Arabic and the intonation used is Arabic. You can hear that the player is probably capable of the carpma style used in turkish style playing. Funnily enough the intonation never used to be such a nationalistic subject.

[@TantawyAhmad]

Yes the bowl form is different its called "Kaa'b Maqloub - كعب مقلوب " it have this nice tilt toward the bridge which is more comfortable for the right hand to play.

[@TheFolksinger]

Thanks for the input. Note the replies below.

[@MrFranciscoFidalgo]

what tunning is it please?

[@tehmightymo]

Starting around 6:05, how is he playing artificial harmonics?? Don't you need one finger on your right hand to touch the string and another other to pluck it?

[@TheFolksinger]

It’s still a bit of a mystery to me as well. But I remember how, during those “early” years now about 25 or more years ago he often mentioned he was working on a harmonics technique others were not using. We may need to ask him to explain it himself.

[@tehmightymo]

@@TheFolksinger Well, I've sort of got this to work on my oud in the same way that guitarists do it, with my thumb lightly touching the string and index plucking, but I can't see how he's doing it with the plectrum in his hand.

[@Rialas]

tehmightymo it seems to me a technique that electric guitarists use, I remember trying to do it on guitar. They pinch the string with thumb and plectrum. It’s called pinch harmonics.

[@Rialas]

tehmightymo kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX2VnZqfeamVkJY

[@GM3AN11]

مخموشششش

[@TheSULTAN7777]

عرف وهيب

[@alisaleh1409]

العود صناعة مين ؟؟

[@user-rl4mk8tc3j]

Ali Al Saleh ألبير منصور لبنان

[@zeyadalharthi401]

استاااااااذ قسما بالله

[@mikha007]

is that mr bean?

[@TheFolksinger]

Mustafa is blind, which may explain why Mr. Bean relates. Atkinson deliberately rolls is eyes in that way. Cool.