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Oud exercise on Maqam Bayati – تمرين عود على مقام البياتي – Leçon de Oud

Oud exercise on Maqam Bayati - تمرين عود على مقام البياتي - Leçon de Oud

Oud exercise on Maqam Bayati – تمرين عود على مقام البياتي
Transcribed from George Farah’s Oud method book and performed on Oud by Wassim Njeim.

Tempo = 82bpm
Tuning used on Oud: CFADGC
Fingering and risha directions are shown in the video.

It’s very important for beginners to stick to the risha directions shown in these exercises.

Visit Wassim’s Youtube channel for more Oud tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8U9PYlzLahNJQZ3PwnPEQ  or the website at https://wassim.net

Oud exercise on Maqam Bayati - تمرين عود على مقام البياتي - Leçon de Oud
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Oud exercise on Maqam Nahawand – تمرين عود على مقام نهوند

This is another Oud exercise, this time on Maqam Nahawand (C Minor). It is taken from George Farah’s first book on Oud.

Transcribed and performed on Oud by Wassim Njeim

Tempo: 86bpm

Upstrokes and Downstrokes shown, as well as the fingering numbers on the neck.

This exercise, like the previous one, can be played on almost any musical instrument.

The video includes the sheet music scrolling at the bottom of the screen but you may also view the full sheet music of the exercise at the bottom of this page.

 

Oud exercise on Maqam Nahawand - تمرين عود على مقام نهوند
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تمرين عود على مقام عجم عشيران – Oud Exercise on Maqam Ajam Ushayran

Here’s an Oud exercise on Maqam Ajam Ushayran which is more or less equivalent to B flat Major (It can also be pronounced Ajam Asheeran).  It is transcribed from George Farah’s first book on Oud which used to be the academic method that was followed in the National conservatory in Lebanon back in the 80’s and early 90’s.

This is an exercise that can be played on almost any musical instrument.

The video includes the sheet music scrolling at the bottom of the screen but you may also view the full sheet music of the exercise at the bottom of this page.

Oud exercise on Ajam Ushayran
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How to play Zorooni Kulli Sana Marra of Sayyid Darwish on Oud – كيف تعزف زوروني كل سنة مرّة على العود

This time we’re posting a video tutorial on how to play the famous song Zorooni Kulli Sana Marra on the Oud instrument. Please keep in mind that this is a simplified version of the song that is meant as a tutorial for inverted Risha technique (Risha Maqlouba) on Oud. It also includes the sheet music of the song itself.

The scale is B flat Major or Maqam Ajam Asheeran in Arabic music.
Music by Sayyid Darwish
Tutorial performed on Oud by Wassim Njeim

.هذا تمرين مبسّط للمبتدئين. تمرين للريشة المقلوبة على آلة العود