Middle Eastern
Middle Eastern
Middle Eastern Links
- Free Online Sitar Lessons Overview of the sitar, historical information, basic lessons, AU files.
- Oud Pictures of ouds and information about descriptions and tuning the oud.
- Oud Home Page Everything you want to know about the Middle-Eastern lute, oud (sometimes spelled as ud).
- Kamuran's Doumbek Rhythm Guide Notation and difficulty ratings for over 90 drumming rhythms for doumbek and related instruments (over 300 including variations); guide on making specific drum sounds; nine supplemental pages group rhythms by count length; links, site reviews.
- Traditional Armenian Folk Instruments Pictures and audio clips of traditional Armenian folk instruments (Zurna, Kemancha, Sring, tar).
- Jas's Dumbek Rhythms Rhythm instruction for musicians who play the dumbek (Middle Eastern drum). Includes technique information, history about the rhythms, etc. Excellent resource for those learning to play the Arabic tabla.
- Zurna FAQ Frequently asked questions about the open air wind instrument for the folk music and archaic military music of Türkiye (TR), by Satilmis Yayla.
- Pablo's Oud Page An informative oud site for beginner players, as well as anyone else interested in ouds.
- Middle Eastern Drum This section of Bill Vaughan's personal home page contains a list of Middle Eastern drum rhythms with a brief description of what each is used for. It also contains a glossary with a list of the names of several instruments.
- Bosnian Traditional Instruments Information about traditional instruments of Bosnia, including useful information about the saz and the zurna which were brought to the region from Turkey after the Ottoman conquest in the 1400's.
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