Learn Oud: the One Finger Technique
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Today I'm going to show you an important technique for Arabic style oud playing. This one-finger ornament is particularly important for developing a rich, authentic-sounding bayati and hijaz as played by Farid Al-Atrash, Simon Shaheen, George Michel, Riad al-Sounbati and Mohamed el-Qasabgi. It's a great example of how you play something being just as important as what notes you play, and how to add expressiveness to your playing.
I demonstrate the ornament in three versions: as it occurs in jins Nahawand/Buselik (this is used in maqam Bayati, Rast, Kurd and of course Nahawand), as it occurs in jins Hijaz (two different fingerings), and as it occurs in jins Jiharkah.
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Where did u go man? I just found the channel. I only see 4 videos. please more content 🙏
Hi Hamzeh! thanks for your interest. long story, had a family matter to attend to. I've been pretty busy with private students and my performance schedule, but I'm planning to return with some new content.
@@LearnOudOnline please do
Very interesting technique! I like how you explained it with different maqam examples and exercices. I'm excited to see more content from you :)
Glad you liked it, Amine! Working on some more content, stay tuned :)
Best oud tutorials on UA-cam!
Thank you, I'm glad you've found them useful. I'm planning some more, please let me know if there are topics you'd like to see
Wow the oud sounds quality egyptiqn oud i guess. Nice lesson we dont have any sourcess online i am a turkish style folower but unfortanately we dont have a guide they think they are but they are not..so if dont have source just deleting the oud turkish.. so i am amazed on an oud which has got a live knowledge ... i wish i ve got a chance for lessons morely.. i am here for inspiration.. you should be excepted as a universal egyptian tecnic teacher
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful. The oud is made by Peter Sayegh.
Wonderfull !
Greetings with respects from iraq
Thanks Ahmed!
I like your Oud a lot
He has a warm sound and feeling
Thanks, David! It was made by Peter Sayegh.
@@LearnOudOnline Can you send me a photo of your oud
@@davidabdullah3039 Hi David, apologies, I didn't see this message before. If you still want a photo of the oud, please email me through my website: brianprunka.com/contact
Great technique. I should use this more in my own playing... lol. Great examples that we can find and hear.
Thanks, Navid! Means a lot coming from you. I was really inspired by George Michel, he uses it so effectively.
@@LearnOudOnline He's fantastic. I'll make sure to listen for how he uses it.
Hi your videos are really nice, i’m still waiting the next one with enthousiasm ! Have a nice day and see you soon hopefully.
Thank you Lionel! Glad to hear you've enjoyed the videos. I hope to post more soon
Reminded me of Farid Al Atrash
Absolutely, Farid was the first person I noticed doing this, it's a classic sound from him!
Very interesting :)
Thank you Brian for this thorough instructional video. Great sound and video quality, and beautiful oud too!
You're welcome, Amir-glad you liked it. Still trying to learn about video, glad there are a lot of tutorials on youtube!
Great content, keep it up!
Thanks!
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This is unique! Thank you very much. More lessons please :)
Thank you - More lessons are in the works!
Great Channel. So happy I came across you at Mike Ouds forum. Your oud here is also very beautiful and great sounding. May I ask about its make? Thank you very much!
Thanks for commenting Rana! My oud is made by Peter Sayegh - I love it, he is a great maker.
Very nice...
Thanks, glad you liked it. I've heard some good things about your ouds!
Great video. Unfortunately I can't play any good sounding pieces for four years now, but I love the way you explain and play. good luck
Salah, thank you for your kind words. Good luck with your oud playing, feel free to make requests and suggestions for any questions you might have
Thank you for the video. Great lesson. I used to play years ago. I grew up listening to Farid Al-Atrash. He inspired me to play. Self-taught. Unfortunately my oud broke. It was a beginner oud. But now I'm looking to get a good quality oud. Any advice? Your oud sounds beautiful. Where did you purchase it from, please? Thank you for your help. -Joe
Hi Joe! Thanks for your comments. Farid is one of the true greats, always inspiring. Getting a good oud depends a lot on where you live and what your budget is, so it's hard to give general advice. I always consider the quality of the sound, the action (string height, particularly at the neck joint), and the quality of the tuning pegs as being the most important factors in having an oud that is comfortable and enjoyable to play. My oud in the video is by Peter Sayegh. I love his work, but he does have a substantial waiting list.
Hi Brian,
I subscribed to "Learn Oud Online". Thanks for your advice. -Joe
Great lesson it's something I aurally recognized immediately and then realized I have never really incorporated this into my playing. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! Also that oud sounds great, is it a Sayegh?
Hi Jason! Yes, that's my Peter Sayegh oud. I agree about the ornament-it's one of those subtle things that we hear but don't always register.
JiharKah sounds like an Arabic pronunciation of the Persian musical name ChaharGah which also uses two of those 'barely too flat' notes called Koron, except in ChaharGah its on the 2nd and 6th. Always cool to see musical similarities with neighbors :) I've heard that theme in the upper octaves of Rast taqsims and always assumed it was 'Ajam. I never noticed it wasn't actually touching the perfect 4th! Using the same finger for multiple notes as you're teaching here is a great way to highlight the fretlessness of the oud. Theres a big difference in sound when just 'fretting' like a guitar player would because the resonance of the string is stopped and the subtle way of sliding between the notes really show the lack of frets as the main strength of the instrument.
Thanks for chiming in, Chris! I don't know much about Persian music-the actual jins seems completely different, as you note. I think the name comes from the "native" position of the jins being the 4th note (i.e., what would be F in standard Arabic tuning/notation), which is Chargah in Turkish/Ottoman nomenclature and usually transliterated as Jiharkah in romanized Arabic resources. In Arabic/Persian script it is written almost the same: جِهاركاه vs. چهارگاه
As far as I know, Arabic doesn't have a "ch" sounds so "j" is the closest substitute ( چ - "ch" is not used in Arabic, ج is close). Again, I haven't studied Persian music specifically so this is just peripheral understanding from Arabic sources-I'm sure there's some nuance here that I'm missing. Anyway, it is a fascinating maqam and very characteristically Arabic.
@Learn Oud Online Yup totally, the name ChaharGah denotes the 4th hand position in some historic musical setting lost to time. Some Persian Dastgahs start with the number 3,4,and 5 so Segah (Sika in Arabic) ChaharGah, and Panjgah. I think Turkish musicians still sometimes use Yegah to refer to Rast and Dogah to refer to Bayyati? And just a side note Persian/Turkish 'Ch' and 'G' is usually pronounced as 'j' and 'k' in Arabic so Gah (position) becomes Kah. Iraqi Arabic does use چ Ch quite a lot, feminine possessive suffix is -Chi, and sometimes Kaf is pronounced as Ch so Kalb (dog) is Chalb, Kabir (big) is Chabir, etc. Probably from all the Turkish/Persian cultural influence in Iraq. Also Charbel Rouhani is sometimes pronounced with ش sh instead of ch. Anyway, just a fun fact! Keep up the great work! I'd love to see about modulations :)
@@world_musician Super interesting, I didn't know that about Iraqi Arabic! I'll think about the about the modulations and string switching for a future video, good ideas.
sorry i just noticed you answered the question about your oud
No worries! I love this oud too, glad you like it.
Please make more tutorials 😀🙏🙏
Thanks, I'm working on it!
good man.... thanks for sharing,,, b.t.w the subtitals are useful but sometime block the the way of watching your fingers on the oud... is it may posible to move them to the top of the screen? thanks
Hi Nisan! Thanks for commenting. Glad the subtitles are useful, unfortunately I think they are just controlled by youtube so I'm not sure I can change the position. I'll look into it. For now, I suggest just turning them off temporarily if they're in the way. I think most of the examples don't really need a lot of explanation, hearing and seeing it is enough.
@@LearnOudOnline thanks now i know i can turn them off. you are so useful in your slow and easy Oud teaching thanks heaps.
Great tips. Thank you. That oud is beautiful. Where would I find one like that?
Hi Darrin, thanks! This oud was made by Peter Sayegh
wow where did you get your oud from? sounds amazing
Thanks! I love this oud, it's made by Peter Sayegh
Somehow the video gets chopped on the fingerboard when putting the phone on landscape
Hmm, sorry to hear that. I'm not sure why that is, but in future videos I'll try to see if I can prevent that from happening.
Do you have a oud made by the nahhat family?
I wish! This oud is made by Peter Sayegh
The video itself is very good, but it's a regret that the essential parts are hidden by the subtitles.
Thanks, it is easy to turn off the subtitles if you wish. Just press the "cc" button on the video.
@@LearnOudOnline Thank you very much. It was done. I'm sorry for being ignorant.
@@fbassflute haha, no worries!
Hi Brian -- I recently bought oud instrument and I have 0 experience on how to play it or even tune it. Do you know if there are teaching services in the New York area? Thank You.
Hi Abdullah! Congratulations on your new oud. I teach lessons in NY and know of some other resources as well, please send me an email here: brianprunka.com/contact
This technique is glissando named not one finger technique
And when you vibrate the tone without go to the next not named vibrato
Bro you need to train to get trill technique like this video ua-cam.com/video/sMk3yqR78rM/v-deo.html
And thank you for your video love from Iraq
Hi Hassan, thank you for your comments. You make an excellent point.
The "one finger technique" is admittedly just my invented term, but it's to describe the physical technique on the instrument rather than just the musical effect (such as portamento or glissando). This is to focus attention on how to execute it. There are many kinds of glissando and portamento, I thought it would help people to point out this one specific version that occurs frequently.
If you want to apply western terms, I think the musical effect is more properly termed a portamento, not a glissando. In a glissando, I believe the sound of the slide is emphasized more. In a portamento, the outlying pitches are emphasized, but connected with a sliding effect.
In my opinon, the way this is used in Arabic music doesn't exactly match the classical version of either portamento or glissando, but I suppose the terms are flexible enough to include this effect as well and portamento is probably the best term available. Thanks for pointing this out; I don't spend a lot of time considering Italian terms, so it didn't occur to me to describe this other than as a slide :)
It will be E half flat it's not flat and it's not natural
Hi David, I'm not sure what part of the video you're commenting on. If you're referring to Jiharkah, there is some disagreement among master musicians about what to call the third degree. Some consider it a high E half flat and others consider it a low E in this case. In the end, it doesn't matter what one calls it as long as you hear and play it correctly. You're exactly right that it's not flat or natural, really.
@@LearnOudOnline I agree with you and you have a good unique playing still