So I’m sure you remember this video. I’ve embedded it three times now. There is a short excerpt from this that you will learn in the video below the Hamza Al Din one. This lesson puts together two techniques together to play this combo, the down down up picking pattern and the tremolo drone technique. Check it out! The Hamza Al Din Combo Difficulty: moderate to advanced, tricky What? The…
Read MoreTremolo Drone – Essential Oud Techniques
Remember this video? We are going to keep moving toward playing in this manner, just like Hamza Al Din. In order to do this, we’ll have to learn how to play a tremolo drone. Check out the video below to learn how to do it! Tremolo Drone Difficulty: moderate What? A tremolo drone is adding a tremolo as a drone behind another melody, usually a simple melody. Hamza Al Din…
Read MoreAlternate Picking Part 2 – Down Down Up Pattern
Have you heard this wonderful playing of Hamza Al Din? Want to learn how to do it? Check out my video below to learn another essential Oud alternate picking pattern: down down up. Down Down Up Pattern Difficulty: moderate What? The down down up pattern is a right hand strumming or picking pattern that you can apply to the Oud. Why? It allows you to play drones and melody…
Read MoreThe Best 50 Middle Eastern Songs You Have to Hear!
Here is a brief education in Middle Eastern music listening. If you want to become more familiar with Arabic music and don’t know where to begin, I have 50 suggestions for you. This is just a mere, humble list, and really does not do justice to the rich musical traditions of each area I mention, but it is a strong start. I made three categories: Arabic, Turkish, Persian. The list…
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