Edward Powell on the Ragmaqamtar

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Are you ready to geek-out with me a bit tonight? Hell yes! Let’s get on with it! My friend from Vancouver, Edward Powell, who lives in Europe now, studied Oud building with Faruk Turunz. He’s been building these wild instruments called Ragmaqam-Tar for over ten years now. They are double-necked instruments with one neck being a Sarod and the other being an Oud. He recently posted a couple videos of…

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Words of Wisdom – from World Famous Oud Masters

  It is every Oud learner’s dream to study with world famous professional Oud players. Yet many of us only get to see these Oud masters in person at their concerts if they ever come into our town, and getting personal advice and their secrets from them seems like another dream.   To help all Oud learners out there with similar urge to listen to renowned Oud masters’ words of…

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