The oud is a plucked stringed musical instrument and is widespread in Middle Eastern music as well as in Greek traditional music.

What we teach:

• Instrument techniques (posture, pen holding, exercises, etc.)

• Repertoire from the areas where the instrument is used inside and outside Greece but also contemporary compositions

• Reading and writing a score of oriental music

• Improvisation

• Application of oriental musical ways (makam)

• Role of the instrument in an orchestra

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Teachers

Ilias Markantonis

Oud

Traditional Department

The Traditional Department of Musical Praxis Conservatory focuses on the repertory, techniques and musical systems encountered in the wider Eastern Mediterranean region.