oud stuff/Microtones (off looptopix)

["Joseph Buck" <josephbuck@hotmail.com>]

Paolo, DT et al:

Torn said:
>actually, the scale-length of the instrument is more about the 
subtleties of micro-tonal playing (& embellishments/adornments) and a 
>limited note-range than it is about sustain. 

Well said.  To that end folks should check out the Microtonal Page:

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html

>also: the oud that was hanging on the wall @ mccabe's was pretty lousy 
(& *certainly not worth what they were asking for it!*) & far from any 
"correct" tuning.

Yep. $700 for a *balsa* face piece that would be $40 in a shop in 
Constantinople.


selam,

buck

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