Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-29 Thread Jon Murphy
Jon, Islamic music really is non-harmonic in the sense that it is more-or-less modal melody plus percussion. Even when two or more tones sound simultaneously, as in the use of a drone, it's non-harmonic in the technical sense of functional harmonies. I concur, I used the term harmonic in the

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-26 Thread Jon Murphy
24, 2003 9:07 AM Subject: Re: fretted ud ? The turkish 'ud has never been fretted. same is for any idan from Morocco to Iraq. The only fretted lute they havein Turkey is the Lauta which is different and has a longer neck and different tuning. Turkish Lauta [actually a regional item from

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-24 Thread Jon Murphy
Message - From: drebuffa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Michael Stitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: fretted ud ? The turkish 'ud has never been fretted. same is for any idan from Morocco to Iraq. The only fretted

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-24 Thread drebuffa
: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:24 AM Subject: Re: fretted ud ? I'm looking at the back of a CD cover with the word Ud on the front and a picture of a Ud with clearly marked frets on it. I was in Turkey in JUne and saw many uds so I know what one looks like.. I expect the word `absolute' or never

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-24 Thread Michael Stitt
, and maybe fretted idan. regards, Davide - Original Message - From: Michael Stitt To: drebuffa ; Cc: lute list Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:24 AM Subject: Re: fretted ud ? I'm looking at the back of a CD cover with the word Ud on the front and a picture of a Ud with clearly marked

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
The turkish 'ud has never been fretted. same is for any idan from Morocco to Iraq. The only fretted lute they havein Turkey is the Lauta which is different and has a longer neck and different tuning. Turkish Lauta [actually a regional item from Aegean islands and western Anatolia] is a

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-23 Thread drebuffa
, davide rebuffa - Original Message - From: Ed Durbrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vance Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 4:58 AM Subject: Re: fretted ud Hi Ed: It is my understanding that the Ud is fretless and has only a single first

Re: fretted ud: still exists - correction

2003-11-23 Thread Michael Stitt
Correction from previous tranmitted meassage. I mean to say ` The point IS not all uds are UNfretted'. Here is the picture: http://bachplucked.com/ud/ Regards, Michael. - Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now --

Re: fretted ud: still exists - here

2003-11-23 Thread Michael Stitt
On Saturday my wife and I wandered into a Turkish music shop here in oz to buy an ud CD. I asked the Turkish born shop keeper for the best solo ud player of Turkey and he gave me a recording of Ergin Kizilay playing solo ud music. I don’t know whether he is `the best’ ud player of Turkey -

Re: fretted ud: still exists - here

2003-11-23 Thread Thomas Schall
Hi Michael, it seems as if the turkey has reimported the european lute (with frets) which was to a certain degree spread over the osmanian empire (and in india). I think they coexist together with the arabian form of the ud without frets and are slightly different built. Daniel would surely be

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-23 Thread drebuffa
: Sunday, November 23, 2003 7:23 PM Subject: Re: fretted ud: still exists - here Hi Michael, it seems as if the turkey has reimported the european lute (with frets) which was to a certain degree spread over the osmanian empire (and in india). I think they coexist together with the arabian form

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-23 Thread James A Stimson
Dear All: So where does the North African kuitra fit into all of this? How is it different from an ud? Yours, Jim

Re: fretted ud ?

2003-11-23 Thread Michael Stitt
, 2003 7:23 PM Subject: Re: fretted ud: still exists - here Hi Michael, it seems as if the turkey has reimported the european lute (with frets) which was to a certain degree spread over the osmanian empire (and in india). I think they coexist together with the arabian form of the ud without

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-22 Thread Doctor Oakroot
starting making 6, 7, and 8 course Lutes into 9, 10, and larger formats. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: Ed Durbrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vance Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Re: fretted ud Does anyone

Re: fretted ud - full Arabic analysis - on web

2003-11-21 Thread Michael Stitt
Visit: http://bachplucked.com/ud/ Regards, Michael Stitt Mathias Rösel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Murphy schrieb: But I think that may be the limit, so far as I know there are no musical transcriptions available in Cuneiform. well, there are :) BTW, has the Arabic retained its

Re: fretted ud - another Arabic translation

2003-11-20 Thread Mathias Rösel
Dear Michael, thank you for those suggestions! You are right, the letter waw is not to be linked to the following letter (which, btw, excludes such readings like dhufoor, pl. of dhafr, girdle, belt). I was well aware of that. Like you, I was pondering about possible readings and sensible

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-20 Thread drebuffa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: LUTE-LIST [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:04 AM Subject: Re: fretted ud That's the one!!! RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org Dear Roman, Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your page

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-19 Thread David Van Edwards
Dear Roman, Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your page?: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/Ud.htm As you see I also have a much bigger version which is among the earliest images I collected. Alas in those days I didn't take much care over keeping notes on the source. But if

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-19 Thread Roman Turovsky
That's the one!!! RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org Dear Roman, Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your page?: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/Ud.htm As you see I also have a much bigger version which is among the earliest images I

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Stitt
My wife is willing to translate the Classical Arabic, assuming it isn't Persian, but we keep getting `cannot find the server' Lets hope this is a temporary problem.. Michael Stitt David Van Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Roman, Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your

Re: fretted ud

2003-11-19 Thread Vance Wood
? Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: David Van Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: LUTE-LIST [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 1:07 PM Subject: Re: fretted ud Dear Roman, Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your page