The Mesmerising sound of the OUD (Ancestor of guitar!)

The tale of the Arabic Oud, the predecessor of the guitar.
Many thanks to: @artofguitar. and the whole team, @kamalmusallam and Beshir Dridi for everything.

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Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on YouTube.

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[G.TinyShark]

Anyone else notice how clearly and simply Kamal was able to teach those Arabic concepts and relate them to Western music? Phenomenal teacher and crazy command of music theory.

[Liam.]

My Dad passed away yesterday morning, and I just wanted to say that we watched your videos in the hospital every day the last few weeks. Thankyou Paul, you are an amazing content creater and guitarist.

[hassfass]

Wow Paul you've outdone yourself. Having Middle Eastern heritage I was always aware of the role the Oud played in the development of the modern guitar. Very happy you are reintroducing this to a Western audience.

[adri]

The duet at the end made me so happy! It's such a treat to see people make music together.

[kranderson]

It’s wild how something so simple as a half flat can totally give such a unique identity to the sound.

[rafaelbrouwer]

This is awesome! I am a guitarist from Holland and I am learning to play the Oud for 6 months now. Unlocking microtonal Maqams is just magical. I am working on Maqam Rast, it's like stepping onto another planet! The eastern musical tradition is just so rich! there is so much to discover for me as a musician from a western country! Thank's for sharing!

[Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy]

Lebanese-American guitar player here, thanks for this beautiful video on the Oud, Paul.

What a phenomenal teacher in Kamal, too!

[youngwords]

I've never seen such a great description of the unique characteristics of the oud. The contrast with the guitar and Western scales was fascinating.

[jeanvictorhajjar]

Holy shit 😂 Kamal was my guitar teacher 17 years ago! So happy to see him here on this channel!

[ElDami]

Makam, what an amazing concept. It's like a parallel world. So rich.

[YoussefElBehi]

I'm tunisian and when I was young I picked a guitar as my instrument. one of my friends has Oud and we used to play duets together. this reminds of that moment. thanks ! Now I'm thinking of getting Oud and finding again that joy of learning a new instrument

[erth_mu]

this is probably one of my favourite videos on your channel man, keep on walking your path and sharing everything music related for those of us unable to have access to these pearls of knowledge otherwise.

[teernomukherjee]

Seeing Paul even mildly uncomfortable with an instrument is so alien

[Tango_Mike]

This was incredible! As a metalhead with lots of phrygian in my daily fix, I can't begin to state how much I love this kind of traditional music. Thanks to everyone for keeping it so alive!

[IN_FINTE]

Hearing the singer with the instrument fit perfectly together at the end was incredible.

Absolutely beautiful.

[DavideBaroni]

I just LOVE the Oud... If you haven't, listen to some music by Anouar Brahem. ❤
Travelled to Morocco a few years ago, stayed for almost three months. In one of the cities I went there was a traditional restaurant where almost every night an old musician would come and play on the terrace... I was going there to listen to him more than for the (excellent) food. It was magical. 🙂
Thank you for sharing and introducing the Oud and the arabic music to us.

[SBtrombone]

Thanks Paul for your open mindset and eagerness to still be a student. (talib طَالِب in Arabic). You've edited the video nicely with the name of the scales written in Arabic. You inspire me a lot in my Middle Eastern journey with playing the Oud and learning Arabic. <3

[davidrenner]

What a beautiful episode. A friend of mine is Lebanese. One night, a family friend was playing the Oud. If I remember correctly, as it was a long time ago, he said the Oud, or al Oud, is where Europeans get the word lute. The men playing and the woman singing in this video were truly amazing.

[davidmcauliffe]

When this came across this in my feed, I was so excited. I found an oud several years ago in a western frontier town style market, in a merchant's back room. I paid what he bought it for plus sales tax, 110 USD. I later discovered that it was made. in Basra, Iraq. It must have had an interesting journey to make it to small town Oklahoma, USA from Iraq.

[STERNWAERTS]

love the electric guitar at the end. getting those half-flats and half-sharps with just slight but very precise bends is amazing.