Hello
A
As an Oud player as well as a renaissance lute player, I would not
recommend buying an Oud to play renaissance music.A It will sound
awful even if you putA frets, andA you won't be able to tune it up to G
( OudsA first strings are ususally no higher than D or CA -- equivalent
to second string Guitar 1st or 3rd fret)A A and you will not be able to
play any of the tablature that involves anything more than single line
melody.
A
Keep the Oud to play some medieval spanish music, Cantigas de Santa
Maria, sounds great on that, or learn Arabic music.A A good approach
for our western ears to Oud, is to play Sephardic jewsish music or
Algerian and Moroccan Andalucian music ( no quarter tones in those
styles). Anyway without frets and your western ear, you will find
yourself constantly adjusting your fingers on the neck to be in
pitch.... ( unless you are really used to hearing quarter tones...)
A
If you can't afford a lute, stick with a guitar tuned and a capo on
third fret. will sound much better than on an Oud, we all went though
this and its is well worth the wait to buy a real lute, than to play on
instruments that have been modified to resemble a lute.
A
Bruno
[1]www.estavel.org
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Christopher Wilke
<[2]chriswi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
A A Josh,
A A A A You could re-sting an oud, put frets on it, and tune it
as a
A A pseudo-lute. I assume by "lute" you mean a six-course
renaissance
A A instrument, but there are some major drawbacks that would make
it an
A A impractical stand in for this. The neck is much shorter, which
means
A A that you won't be able to play the upper register of pieces
that
A A require this unless you fret a lot of (fretless) notes on the
body. In
A A Arabic music the oud is almost entirely used to play single
line
A A melodies, so the courses are closer together, which would make
it
A A difficult to play chords. Also, most ouds, being constructed to
be
A A played with a plectrum, are far more heavily built than lutes,
which
A A means that you won't get much benefit out of playing with
period right
A A hand technique.
A A A A Certainly purchase the oud if you like it as an oud.
It's a fun
A A instrument all on it's own. Considering all the compromises
needed to
A A make an oud act like a lute, however, I would say a much better
A A alternative is to just use a guitar if you can't afford a true
lute.
A A Chris
A A Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A.
A A Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
A A [3]www.christopherwilke.com
A A
A __________________________________________________________________
A A From: Joshua Horn <[4]joshua-h...@att.net>
A A To: Lute Mailing List <[5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
A A Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:58 PM
A A Subject: [LUTE] Oud as Lute?
A A A A Hi ya'll,
A A A I have an Oud that's come my way that I can afford to buy. Can
an Oud
A A A be made to play as a Lute?? Is there any major differences that
would
A A A make it impossible to play as a Lute?
A A A Josh
A A A ><> + Joshua Edward Horn + <><
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