Mel Bay Publications
Level Beginning

An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. A companion instructional Online DVD is included showing key points to playing the Oud.
Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of Left Hand Fingers, Basic Notes on the oud, Advanced Left-Hand Techniques, Maqamat, and much more. Over 40 tunes are included in the book. Standard notation only.

• Al Haluade      
• Al Leil      
• Ala Dalaouna      
• Amazing Grace      
• Armenian Song      
• Armenian Tune      
• Asemoon - The Sky - Maqam Hijaz      
• Asemoon - The Sky - Maqam Hijaz Sol      
• Bashraf Farah Faza      
• Beautiful Bukhare      
• Bint el Shalabia      
• Blue Ribbon      
• Bolujem Ja      
• Bosansko Kolo      
• Caravan      
• Cecen Zizi      
• Cecen Zizi      
• Celebration Song      
• Dulab Bayat      
• Dulab Hijaz      
• Foq El Nahal      
• From the Symphony No. 41      
• Greek Folk Melody      
• Greensleeves      
• Gule Sangam      
• Hafla      
• Kanaf Fe Ya Halu      
• Lama Baadaha      
• Lemouna      
• Longa Nahawand      
• Minuet in G

and more