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10 - Pick exercises
In the lessons 10, 11 and 12 we focus on the right hand , specifically the pick. we learn exercises that increase the playing skills and improve the right hand's ability to play the cords. Mr. Tareq asks the musicians to start with those exercises in low speed and increase it gradually with practice until reaching the ultimate speed. he advises to practice reading the note and memorizing the exercises t o focus on increasing the speed instead on reading. Mr. Tareq asks the musician to think of those 3 exercises as daily practice with the goal to gradually reach a high speed of playing after mastering it in low speed. __ Hello my name is Tareq Al Jundi from i3zif.com. today in lesson no. 10 we will learn an exercise for the pick. This exercise was picked by Mr. Omar Abbad in order to help the right hand with its movements, as well as to coordinate the movement of both hands simultaneously. Let us look at the first bar, it is an ascending scale Do to Do, then it descends back to Do. The second bar is the same thing, same scale but starts from Re ascending to Re and descending back to Re. the third bar same thing Mi ascending to Mi, and descending back to Mi. here we have a different phrase : Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re Do Mi Sol Do. Let us try to play it, first four bars, along with the metronome ta fa tifi ta fa tifi 3 4, Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do ,Si La Sol Fa Mi Re Do, Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do Re Do Si La Sol Fa Mi Re, Mi Fa Sol La Si Do Re Mi … stop here. If the metronome was a bit fast, slow it down to this , Do… on Ajam scale. Now from Re, without alternation signs Re.. from Mi … be careful with the space between La and Si… Do Re Mi, back Re Do Si La Sol.. next bar: Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re… Do Mi Sol Do.. down up down up. Let us look at the 3rd line, first bar is Re Mi Re Do, La Si La Sol, Mi Fa Mi Re Do, we will notice that this phrase is based on the concept of fingers more so than notes: Re Mi Re Do then La Si La Sol, notice that the same phrase on Do cord, we played on La cord, the first ta fa tifi is Re Mi Re Do, La Si La So, Mi Fa Mi Re Do. Now the same phrase as above Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re Do Mi Sol Do. Moving on to the fourth line, Do SI La Si, Fa Mi Re Mi, same phrase but with fingers moved from La cord to Re cord, then on Sol cord Si La Sol La, ♮ Si, same phrase moved to Do cord Mi Re Do Re, then same phrase that we are repeating at the end of each line Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re Do Mi Sol Do. Last line Do SI La Si, Fa Mi Re Mi, Si La Sol La, Mi Re Do Re, then an ascending scale Do to Sol, Do SI La Sol, Sol Fa Mi Re, Do Sol DO , down up… let us try to play along with the metronome from the top, 3 4.. notice in this exercise that there is a collaboration between my right and left hand, and how to caliber the transfer process. We have to develop the exercise and increase the speed gradually. Those exercises, for the pick are very important to be used as warm up exercises and play them before playing the oud.. because this exercise with proper speed should sound like this, of course after a lot of practice and repetition, not a week, it is a matter of months.. 3, 4… many people ask , why do we practice exercises on the pick? I would like to tell you that the whole base of playing the oud is your right hand , since the pick is what produces the sound. And you noticed that the left hand develops relatively faster than the right one. So if we focus on our right hand and exercise it more and harder, it will start producing better sounds, you will notice how this will affect the final product when you play.. most oud players differ from each other based on their right hands, how much it produces nice rhythms and sound, or sounds that are not very smooth. Some people can play the same exercise like this… they produced sounds, but the point is to control the pick to the maximum. This exercise is very important and we have to practice it. I will see you in the next lesson and the one after where we will also practice pick exercises.

Course Video Lessons - Learn Oud 2
1.1 Opened Ta TiFi and Ta Fa Ti signs 09:52
1.2 Opened Nahawand Doolab and scale 09:15
2 Opened application on Nahawand scale 07:36
3 Opened Elbent ElShalabeyyah song 09:48
4 Opened Al Kurd scale 05:05
5 Opened intro to the song : Hayyarti Albi Maak 07:02
6 Opened a new rhythmic sign 05:01
7 Opened Comprehensive exercise 04:56
8 Opened a new rhythmic sign 06:01
9 Opened Application 08:09
10 Opened Pick exercises 06:35
11 Opened Pick exercises 04:14
12 Opened Pick exercises 04:23
13 Opened a new note 08:13
14.1 Opened El Helwa Di Song 07:27
14.2 Opened El Helwa Di Song 04:10
15 Opened Sama'ee Darej Hijaz scale 10:04
16 Opened Es Ta Ti note 06:44
17 Opened Nam Dam'ee Min Oyouni Acrostic 08:43
18 Opened Halaleya Song 06:19
19 Opened Al Huzam scale 06:38
20 Opened Marmar Zamani Song 04:57
21 Opened a new note 06:13
22 Opened Application 06:08
23 Opened Mawteni song 11:00
24 Opened Application on Treble and Bass 05:58
25 Opened Tal'a Men Bait Abouha song 05:00