Oud

Stringed instruments began to happen in people's lives right after the percussion instruments.
The Oud is one of the oldest stringed instruments. It was developed and is still used in all countries of the world. The Arabic Oud is one of the most important types of the Oud.
The most famous of which is the Iraqi Oud and the Shami or Damascene Oud.
Artists and also beginners play in this type of Oud instrument, because it is very elaborate and ancient, and the Arabic Oud was manufactured for the first time in the sixth century AD.

Some Technical Details

The full length of the Arabic Oud is 67 cm, and its width is 36 cm.
The size of the top image is 19 cm, 4 cm wide from the end of the keys, and 6 cm from the sound box.
The total length of each string is 57 cm.

Here in Arab Instruments we are trying to provide sound samples for almost every musical instruments we have in our website.
This time we have decided to collect our team and to play something together.
The combination of Arabic ney , oud and darbuka is sounds so good and we do want that you watch it and listen to this amazing harmony.

For 2017 we are planning to bring to our website a newest Arabic musical instruments models. All our models are hand made, which have been made with a lot of love and care. This year there are no excuses, this year you are going to give yourself a present and once you will hold our Arabic musical instrument you will understand why we are so enjoying our work.

The qanun is a descendent of the old Egyptian harp. It has played an integral part in Arabic music since the 10th century. The word qanun means 'law' in Arabic, and the word exists in English in the form of "canon." The qanun was introduced to Europe by the 12th Century, becoming known during the 14th to the 16th Century as a psaltery or zither. The qanun also resembles a dulcimer. In this section we will discuss about 7 interesting facts about the Arabic qanun musical instrument.

1. Shape:

The form of the qanun consists of a trapezoid-shaped flat board over which 81 strings are stretched in groups of three with 24 treble chords consisting of three chords to each note.

2. Attached with musician:

The instrument is placed flat on the knees which means so close. Sometimes it is placed on table of the musician.

3. Spectacular String arrangement:

Musical instrument cases are so much popular in the world of instrument holder. In this article we have discussed 8 reasons why you should buy a case for your beloved instrument.

1. Perfect Protection of Instrument: There are a lot of musical instrument cases in market. Many are offered on-line, but none are equipped with all the necessary features to create a high quality case that will provide the perfect protection for any instrument.
2. Good fabrication: Most of the eye catching cases have high quality zippers (YKK), External fabric made of the highest quality materials. It proves the authenticity of the respective instrument.

Zeryab Oud makers are a bunch of Khalefeh Damascene Family that have been involving Oud manufacturing as a craft and profession in Syria and in the Arab world since 1948. It is similar to family business like flowing blood from fathers to sons. The third generation of KhalefehOuds have recently manufactured Ouds as the name ZeryabOuds. They aimed to reach the grandfather’s destiny and for that now holding the business with a new spirit, vision at keeping to the handcraft traditions after reviving and restoring them. Their Oud has introduced a competitive sophisticated shapes and performances.

Zeryab produces some cool featured Oud. They have categorized all the ouds in three main spells. These are Shami, Turkish and Iraqi. There are a few sub categories of each Shami, Iraqi as well as Turkish ouds.

Music is the thing that makes the world vibrate, it has the power to unite civilizations, and it can express love in a better way than words. If you like playing at different kind of instruments, you should try Arab Instruments Egyptian oud. This instrument is handmade in Egypt, being made from high quality wood on our factory in Egypt. Thanks to this quality, the sounds of the oud are unique, and thus you will be able to have a one-of-a-kind experience that it is hard to forger,

Being made by Arab instruments, you can find oud made from oak, venga and shajrah, rosewood and shajrah, and even by the mother of pearl. If you want to buy oud, you should visit the online oud shop. Here you will be able to find different kind of models, which allow you to choose the one that fits you the most. As you can see, there are many reasons why you should visit this online place from where you can buy oud handmade in Egypt. You will see that the oud strings will allow you to play high quality music.