New Oud tuning… I’m really proud of this discovery. I’ve always been searching for a way to conveniently tune my Oud to play Persian Dastgah based on C. This tuning does exactly that. The problem The problem with the Oud and Persian music is that sometimes you need to play Dastgah Shur in the key of C. This is awkward on the standard tuning of the Oud. There is a…
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For a beginner it is easier to tune your Oud with a digital tuner. But what did the Oud players of old do? They tuned their instruments by ear. This video is going to show you how to tune your Oud by ear. After really learning Middle Eastern music, you will learn that the value of pitches or frequency is not as important in Middle Eastern music as it is…
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