Very sensible advice! On 01.11.2012, at 11:24, Bruno Fournier <[email protected]> wrote:
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][email protected]> 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][email protected]> A A To: Lute Mailing List <[5][email protected]> 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 + <>< A A A -- A A To get on or off this list see list information at A A [1][6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html A A -- References A A 1. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- A Bruno Cognyl-Fournier A [8]www.estavel.org A -- References 1. http://www.estavel.org/ 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.christopherwilke.com/ 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. http://www.estavel.org/
