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If you are interested in the oud and Middle Eastern music in general, this is the place for you! Take a tour of the various instructional pages, ranging from tips to get started, to theoretical information, examples and explanations, to exercises that will help you put all that theory to good use.

Udi Yorgos Bacanos (1900-1977)

Hicaz Taksim by Yorgos Bacanos (Odeon Record)

The links page is a great place to find more great sites on the oud, oud makers, and just great sites in general. There are lots of players out there, just like you. If you have a site you would like to recommend for the links page, feel free to email it to me.