One could argue that it will help beginning players who may not know the I fail to see how tab would be superior to standard notation on the oud. If someone is using aĭifferent tuning than the tab author then everything will be wrong. Tab ignores the aural aspect of notes and only focuses on the position. There is really no 'standard' tuning for the oud. I see a few problems with using tab on the oud.
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Have, might be interested in checking out these programs to determine if they might be of value in developing a tablature system for the oud? Others, with more knowledge about the oud and its music than I currently I am currently evaluating three programs from the perspective of a lutenist.
a feature that might be a very useful feature for a beginner trying to learn a piece (as well as for checking the composition for errors). They also provide a MIDI facilities to enable the composition in tablature or staff notation to be played back These programs not only allow the user to compile and edit music in tablature but also facilitate transpositions,Ĭonverting to staff notation etc. There are a number of software programs available at reasonable cost - currently designed for lute and guitar players but which might also be readilyĭeveloped for the oud as well. Of tablature as a notation might just as well, beneficially, apply to the oud. I am a newcomer to the oud - from a background of the european lute where the ability to read tablature is essential - but can see that the benefits To learn but, unlike modern staff notation, does not indicate the relative pitch of the notes making it difficult for the more inexperienced player to The advantage of tablature is that it dictates the precise left hand finger positions on the fingerboard - as well as note duration etc. It has also been adapted for folk violin - an unfretted instrument - so could just as easily be
Tablature notation is a specialised notation for fretted instruments (as well as keyboard and wind instruments) that has been around since the earlyġ6th C in Europe and is still very much in use today. Thread so that the subject does not get 'lost' in this active forum Orahim1 raised an interesting, valid and important question in his recent posting on p3 "How about some Oud Tab?" I am posting this as a separate