![]() Use relative pitch tune your 5th string to either G or F, whatever you use. These C notes are two octaves apart but should sound the same, meaning there should be no dissonant oscillations. ![]() Use high cc string to tune low bass string to C. Use D that you have tuned to find A using relative pitch. Use G that you have tuned to find D using relative pitch. The more consonant the pitches are, the more in tune they are. If the two pitches are consonant, then they are probably in tune. Listen for different sound wave oscillations. Use C that you already tuned and sing a descending Major scale from C to G with your voice to find the note, or you can cheat a bit and look at your tuner for help. Tune your second gg strings to G using relative pitch. Only if you want, but it’s good practice to keep your Oud tuned in a certain range. (HA! you say… you still need to use a tuner to tune your Oud…) Tune your high cc strings to C using a digital tuner. So in tuning your Oud, you will develop your relative pitch. Perfect pitch is actually quite unnatural, and a byproduct of rigidity of equal tempered Piano tuning. So if you don’t have perfect pitch, don’t worry, it’s actually really useless when it comes to Middle Eastern Music. If you are really skilled, you might be able to replicate almost any note after hearing the first note. When you develop relative pitch, you can take any note and sing what is called a perfect fourth or fifth above that note, and even a perfect third. The easiest way to do this is to just sing any note on a Piano, and sing the major scale up and down after just hearing that first note. Relative pitch is the ability to sing or know what note is being played after hearing another note. ![]() In Middle Eastern music, relative pitch is the most important skills to develop and use, because the music is modal, based on melody rather than harmony. But this is not that important in Middle Eastern music. ![]() This is useful to some degree in this digital age particularly in Western music where Pianos and Guitars are tuned to equal temperament tuning. And some individuals have this uncanny ability to tell you by name what pitch they are hearing. In modern times, we have been trained to adhere to absolute pitch, or perfect pitch. They tuned their instruments by ear. This video is going to show you how to tune your Oud by ear.Īfter really learning Middle Eastern music, you will learn that the value of pitches or frequency is not as important in Middle Eastern music as it is in western music when it comes to tuning. For a beginner it is easier to tune your Oud with a digital tuner. ![]()
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