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I know these my sound weird for a Sijui to claim to have played Oud for two years or so....I have been playing western sytle acoustic guitar for sometime, i found it somewhat challenging and instead of opt out for Oud, I bought over the Internet.....I been playing in seclusion for a year or so...until i was invited to play in khat chewing gathering a few week ago...hence my lack of somali songs knowledge my tune were incoherent indeed with regard to Somali songs, that aside it seems any Oud tunes goes well with khat and bottle of Coca cola..and now every saturday..i have group of Somali oldie coming to my University Hostel where i live and invite me at their place for a jaming session....i have to admit by no means I'm proffessional Oud player, but having received an overwhelming applause and seen a recent video of my jamming session i did at this gathering....i have this feelin my 550US DOLLAR and my two years of practising is paying off.....


my advice for those who like to played.....it might look daunting to entertain such idea..but the instrument is just that an instrument i found compare to western style acoustic guitar the Oud is much is easy to play as the is no frets and therefore they is no A7 to E7 cord structure much attributed to western guitar....I have now my guitar string senser circuit to be installed sa I can plug amp ..........

TZ Somali

I would love to play Oud. I play a little sax very badly and my last teacher sort of implied I have more enthusiasm than talent. I told him he is wrong but its sort of dawning on me now. Maybe I will do better in strings?

But I cant even remember seeing Oud for years. Great instrument. man you are lucky. Where do you live if you dont mind? I would love to invite you to one of our oldie gatherings

Never played an oud, I'm not good with quitars and ouds or anything involving strings, pianos on the other hand, I'm very talended with it.

I'm very good at playing oud, but only when iam chewing and singing qaraami songs. I could teach any of you, provided your ready to pay $30 a month.

T.Z

Anyone who played any guitar would have a clue about oud. I bought a kaban from Somalia and gave it to my younger brother who plays better than I do. It is a good way learning about early Somali music.

What is kaban? Read the link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyou ... lane.shtml

I have an oud at home and I used to play it in the past, but now it's out of tune and needs to be fixed and well-tuned. I'm much better on electric distorted guitar. I quite enjoy my Gibson SG and my Epiphone Gibson with the Marshal amplifier. But I'll have to remember my lessons of Oud. The main thing is the pick.

I cannot say that i am a very good player of the Oud, but i am not very bad either. As of late, i have been receiving some lesson from the King of Oud himself, M. I. Xudeydi, so within a few months i will be better than where i am today - who knows you might some day buy my music!

I started playing the Oud when I was a little, my older brother had one at home, I used to steal it and play when he is not around until I commanded the first lessons of Do Re Fa etc etc etc on my own. When he saw my talent, he started giving me lessons, at the tender age of 12, I was playing it for him when he was singing, I even came up with my own "Taqseen" (for those who think Taqsiin as in Qaat, no) This is a prelude to songs and Oud players like to to copy the veterans but I managed to invent my own.

I haven't practiced for quite a while but I think I will mesmerize my audience, given the podium and the right bongo in the background