Learn Oud 1 (No Prior Music Knowledge Required!)
What you'll learn
- Hold the Oud properly and produce sound from it,
- Read music notation including the oriental quarter tone
- Play the basic Arabic Maqams and Scales
- Play popular Arabic songs using these Maqams/Scales
Requirements
- Purchase any basic/entry level Oud instrument
Description
The main and the most popular musical instrument in Arabic Music is the Oud. This is a condensed 25-lesson (38 Videos) Oud fundamentals course for absolute beginners given by a well known composer and teacher, Tareq Al Jundi using one of the recognized Oud curricula in Arabic Music Institutes that uses popular Palestinian, Jordanian,Syrian, Egyptian and Iraqi folk music and popular Arabic songs (by Fairuz and The Rahbani Brothers and others) as applications to basics Of Oud performance taught throughout the course.
In addition typical western songs like "Happy Birthday", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Jingle Bells" are explained on the Oud which will help you understand the Oud through simple melodies you already heard before. By the end of the course you are expected to know the proper way of holding the Oud and producing sound from it, how to read music notation and reading the oriental quarter tone, the basic Arabic Maqams and Scales and how to play popular Arabic songs using these Maqams/Scales on this beautiful Middle Eastern instrument.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for beginners and/or Oud players who need a good source for the basics. No prior experience with the Oud is required
Course content
- Preview06:56
- Preview04:51
- 05:20Learn Oud 1 L 3.1 – “G” & “A” Strings on Oud
- 04:46Learn Oud 1 L 3.2 – “D” String on Oud
- 05:26Learn Oud 1 L 4.1 – Using the Left Hand on Oud
- 04:31Learn Oud 1 L 4.2 – “C” Note on Oud “A” String
- 07:10Learn Oud 1 L 5 – Notes on Oud “D” String
- 04:27Learn Oud 1 L 6.1 – The Minim Symbol
- 05:13Learn Oud 1 L 6.2 – General Exercises on Oud
- 05:27Learn Oud 1 L 7 – Application on Oud
- 04:25Learn Oud 1 L 8.1 –High “G” The 4th string
- 05:09Learn Oud 1 L 8.2 – Frere Jacques & Jingle Bells
- 06:00Learn Oud 1 L 9 – Notes on Oud “G” String
- 04:51Learn Oud 1 L 10.1 – The Major (Ajam) Scale on Oud
- 05:41Learn Oud 1 L 10.2 – “Ta” Down, “Ta-Ti” Down-UP Oud Risha
- 06:15Learn Oud 1 L 11 – Accidentals: Flat-Natural-Sharp
- 07:08Learn Oud 1 L 12 – Maqam “Kurd” (Kurd Scale) from A
- 04:52Learn Oud 1 L 13.1 – Notes on the Oud “C” String
- 03:08Learn Oud 1 L 13.2 – “Happy Birthday To You on” Oud
- 03:10Learn Oud 1 L 14.1 – The 1 Beat Rest & Maqam Nahawand
- 07:19Learn Oud 1 L 14.2 – Baadak Ala Bali by Fairuz
- 06:32Learn Oud 1 L 15 – Learn Maqam Bayat
- 07:34Learn Oud 1 L 16 – Songs on Maqam Bayat
- 06:42Learn Oud 1 L 17 – Doulab Bayati
- 05:58Learn Oud 1 L 18 –Muwashah: Jadaka Al Gaith
- 06:22Learn Oud 1 L 19.1 – Maqam Saba
- 05:52Learn Oud 1 L 19.2 – Tremolo or Rash
- 04:49Learn Oud 1 L 20.1 – Maqam Al Hijaz and the dot sign
- 04:13Learn Oud 1 L 20.2 – Maqam Hijaz on D
- 04:48Learn Oud 1 L 21.1 – Two Songs on Maqam Hijaz
- 02:56Learn Oud 1 L 21.2 – Palestinian Folk Song: Ah Ya Zein
- 04:24Learn Oud 1 L 22.1 – More Hijaz and the Tie Symbol
- 06:45Learn Oud 1 L 22.2 – Learn Music on Hijaz Maqam
- 05:20Learn Oud 1 L 23.1 – Application on Kurd Maqam
- 04:48Learn Oud 1 L 23.2 – “Nassam Alaina Alhawa ” continued
- 06:49Learn Oud 1 L 24 – The Rast Maqam
- 03:00Learn Oud 1 L 25.1 – Application on Maqam Rast
- 06:44Learn Oud 1 L 25.2 – Learn Musical Piece on Maqam Rast
Instructor
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