The oud is most likely the combination of the Barbat, with the Ancient Greek , giving the Barbat a lower pitched tone and the playing of Maqams in Middle Eastern and | "The Structure of the Arabian and Persian Lute in the Middle Ages" |
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In the Turkish tradition, the "Bolahenk" tuning, is common, low pitch to high : C 2 F 2 B2 E3 A3 D4 on instruments with single string courses or C 2, F 2 F 2, B2 B2, E3 E3, A3 A3, D4 D4 on instruments with courses of two strings | In the first centuries of pre-Islamic Arabian civilisation, the oud had four courses one string per course — double-strings came later , tuned in successive fourths |
Because of these efforts the Arabic Oud and the Barbat are now once again part of the Iranian musical landscape.
28There exists also a variety of electro-acoustic and electric ouds | |
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These instruments survive today in the form of the various Arabian tunbar | In 1940 contradicted or refined that idea, saying oud meant flexible stick, not wood |
" He described the Gandhara lutes as having a "pear-shaped body tapering towards the short neck, a frontal stringholder, lateral pegs, and either four or five strings.
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Modern tuning preserves the ancient succession of fourths, with adjunctions lowest or highest courses , which may be tuned differently following regional or personal preferences.
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