Oud Stringed Instruments
This category includes sites pertaining to the playing, history, construction, and performers of the stringed instrument known as the oud. 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).
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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.
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Oud Web - Links to oud players, makers, information sites, and vendors.
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Al 'Ud - The early history of the oud, leading up to the development of the European lute.
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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.
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Quick Intro to the Oud - This article, by D. Glenn Arthur Jr., is geared for guitarists. Includes oud pictures.
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Oud Cafe - Basic information about the oud and Ottoman music, including tuning systems, modes, hand positions, and exercises.
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Ain Arab (The Spring) - A journal of Jameel Abraham's experiments with making Turkish-style ouds. Includes step-by-step pictures and description.
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Oudmaker Dincer Dalkilic - Basic information about the oud and makam, as well as an oud making photo show.
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The History of the Oud - Article on the history of Armenian oud making.
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Oud - Nikos Dimitriadis - Information on Greek ouds and playing traditions, with Windows Media samples of taksims. In English and Greek.
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Oud - Pictures of ouds and information about descriptions and tuning the oud.
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Dr. Oud - Information on oud repair and construction, by Richard Hankey.
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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.
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Peter Kyvelos Receives National Heritage Fellowship - Hellenic Communication Service profile of Kyvelos, oud maker based in Boston, Mass.
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Ouds - Article by David Brown on the Middle-Eastern oud: its history, tuning methods, and playing techniques.
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Pablo's Oud Page - An informative oud site for beginner players, as well as anyone else interested in ouds.
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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.
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