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Oud
This category includes sites pertaining to the playing, history, construction, and performers of the stringed instrument known as the oud.
The oud is a Middle Eastern and North African fretless lute. Originally from the region of present-day Baghdad and Tehran, it once had four strings that were tuned in fourths. Modern-day ouds have between 10 and 13 strings and are played with a plectrum known as a risha, mezrab, or mezrap.
Some famous players of the oud have been:
Greek: Yorgo Barcanos
Armenian: Udi Hrant Kenouklian, Udi Marko Melkon
Turkish: Cinuçen Tanrikorur, Necati Çelik, Yurdal Tokcan
Lebanese: Farid al-Atrach
Egyptian: Mohammed abd al-Wahab, Riyad as-Sinbati.
Nubian: Hamza al-Din
Iraqi: Munir Bachir, Omar Bachir, Nasser Shamma
Scandanavian: Anouar Brahen
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In Persian music (and the Farsi language), the oud is also known as the barbat. The oud/barbat is commonly believed to be the ancestor of the European lute and guitar, and in the Arab world is definitively considered the ancestor of the tanbur, saz, and buzuq (bazouki).
The oud is a Middle Eastern and North African fretless lute. Originally from the region of present-day Baghdad and Tehran, it once had four strings that were tuned in fourths. Modern-day ouds have between 10 and 13 strings and are played with a plectrum known as a risha, mezrab, or mezrap.
Some famous players of the oud have been:
Greek: Yorgo Barcanos
Armenian: Udi Hrant Kenouklian, Udi Marko Melkon
Turkish: Cinuçen Tanrikorur, Necati Çelik, Yurdal Tokcan
Lebanese: Farid al-Atrach
Egyptian: Mohammed abd al-Wahab, Riyad as-Sinbati.
Nubian: Hamza al-Din
Iraqi: Munir Bachir, Omar Bachir, Nasser Shamma
Scandanavian: Anouar Brahen
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In Persian music (and the Farsi language), the oud is also known as the barbat. The oud/barbat is commonly believed to be the ancestor of the European lute and guitar, and in the Arab world is definitively considered the ancestor of the tanbur, saz, and buzuq (bazouki).
Sites in Oud
Al 'Ud
Performance tips and music theory.
Oud
Pictures of ouds and information about descriptions and tuning the oud.
Oud Home Page
Everything you want to know about the Middle-Eastern lute, oud (sometimes spelled as ud).
Oud Page by David Brown
Brief history of the instrument and playing instructions.
Al 'Ud
The early history of the oud, leading up to the development of the European lute.
Oud Web
Links to oud players, makers, information sites, and vendors.
Ouds (by David Brown)
Article on the Middle-Eastern oud: its history, tuning methods, and playing techniques.
Quick Intro to the Oud
This article, by D. Glenn Arthur Jr., is geared for guitarists. Includes some oud pictures.
Oud
Short introduction, listing some tunings and links.
Mike's Ouds
An Arabic oud website with pictures, RealAudio and MP3 samples of compositions and taqsims, discussion forum, and links to other oud information.
Oud - Nikos Dimitriadis
Information on Greek ouds and playing traditions, with Windows Media samples of taksims. In English and Greek.
Pablo's Oud Page
An informative oud site for beginner players, as well as anyone else interested in ouds.
Ain Arab (The Spring)
A journal of Jameel Abraham's experiments with making Turkish-style ouds. Includes step-by-step pictures and description.
Faruk Türünz Oud Shop
About this Turkish oud maker whose shop is located in Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes information on the mathematical formulas for calculating oud brace resonances. In Turkish and English.
The History of the Oud
Article on the history of Armenian oud making.
Oud Cafe
Basic information about the oud and Ottoman music, including tuning systems, modes, hand positions, and exercises.
The Oud
Extensive introduction to playing the makams (maqams) on the oud, by David Parfitt. Contains musical notation of many popular makams, both in Arabic and Turkish systems.
Peter Kyvelos Receives National Heritage Fellowship
Hellenic Communication Service profile of Kyvelos, oud maker based in Boston, Mass.
Dimitris Rapakousios: Luthier/ Oud Maker
Luthier who specializes in ouds, lavtas, and sazes. Based in Athens, Greece. Includes pictures and sound files of his instruments.
Dr. Oud
Information on oud repair and construction. |
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