SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES! Oud Exercises Teaching Video Week 1 Post your exercise videos in the comments below. In the meantime, you can watch mine… Before Video Week 1: This is how I play the Oud exercises before daily practice of 15 minutes. After Video Week 1 Oud Exercises Teaching Video Week 2! Before Video Week 2 After Video Week 2 Teaching video Week 3 Before Video Week 3…
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I found it really difficult to get into Arabic music when I started investigating it and listening to it. I didn’t have the cultural background or even friends to ask about it. Even the Arabic Oud players I knew about were hard to listen to because I just wasn’t diggin’ it yet. It took me a while to get a taste for Arabic music… and Turkish music. I had only…
Read MoreYour Body is a Wonderland – Oud Cover
Here’s my cover of John Mayer’s ‘Your Body is a Wonderland’ on Oud. I used to play this song on Guitar way back when… It was one of the first songs that I learned to play and sing on Guitar. On Guitar it’s not that challenging, but on the Oud, it’s another story all together.. 3 Rules of Doing Covers… Arrangement and Approach If you ever want to do a similar…
Read MoreWhat’s the most exciting Arabic musical form? Here’s what I think…
If you’re like me, then you like to hear a little bit of everything in the music you listen to. You need a good balance. You can get that with this one type of musical form, which is super fun to play and learn. It’s called Tahmila. Tahmila is great because it’s dance music, traditional dance music. It’s bound to be fun because it’s usually played with…
Read MoreCeltic Oud – Slip Jigs and Jigs
My relationship with Celtic music When people encounter my name, it’s often with confusion. They have no idea where either of my names are from. My surname, “Goldrick”, is an Irish surname. I enjoy Irish Celtic music, and other European Celtic music. The musical tradition is also very similar to Middle Eastern musical tradition in that music is learned primarily by ear, and music can be interpreted rather than followed note by note…
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Read MoreEverything you need to learn in one song – Doulab Bayati
Learning the subtleties of Arabic music can take a long time. When I was learning Arabic music, I was listening to lots of music so I could hear examples of everything and absorb all the melodies and nuances of all the different maqamat. I was copying these melodies on the Oud and trying to bring them out. It was a very long process, and I became very good…
Read MoreYou CAN Play Rock Music on the Oud – Purple Haze Oud Cover
Can you play Rock music on the Oud? Hell yes! And why not? I’ve decided to test the limits of the Oud’s ability to play different types of music, and I’ve decided to try my hand at Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze, because why not? No one has done it before! It’s time to expand the repertoire of the Oud. Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix was practically a…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to Persian Music
Persian Music is EASIER to Learn Persian music is definitely not as popular among Western peoples as is Arabic and Turkish music. There could be many reasons for this, but I think the two biggest ones are: 1.) The political climate of the last 30 years has closed off Iran’s cultural heritage to the world to only a select few with the tenacity to pursue it. 2.) The music itself rather introspective,…
Read MoreSawt Al-Khaleej
Today you’re going to learn about a really important genre of Arabic music. This music is timeless and ancient. It is very different in tone and feeling than Arabic music in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Egypt. You can call it Sawt Al-Khaleej, or Sawt for short. Sawt music is the Arabic music I find very intriguing. The rhythms are very unique, and the Oud playing is absolutely furious.…
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