Appeared on TV

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Je suis passé à la télé sur VrakTV en mois de décembre en tant qu’Oudiste/Musicien Arabe dans le cadre de la campagne “Vivre Ensemble” du Ministère de l’Immigration du Québec qui vise à faire découvrir aux adolescents les différentes cultures qui existent au Québec.

I appeared on TV (on VRAKTV) in December as an Oud player in a show that is part of the campaign “Vivre Ensemble” of the Ministry of Immigration of Quebec which aims to introduce young adults to the different cultures that exist in the province of Quebec.

Oud exercise on Maqam Nahawand – تمرين عود على مقام نهوند

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Oud exercise on Maqam Nahawand (C Minor) taken from George Farah’s book for Oud. Transcribed and performed on Oud by Wassim Njeim. تمرين عود على مقام نهوند Tempo: 86bpm Upstrokes and Downstrokes shown, as well as the fingering numbers on the neck.

Exercice de Oud sur maqam Nahawand (Do Mineur). Nous offrons des leçons de Oud à Montréal

تمرين عود على مقام عجم عشيران – Oud Exercise on Maqam Ajam Ushayran

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Oud Exercise on Maqam Ajam Ushayran. This is an exercise on Maqam Ajam Ushayran (Also called Asheeran or B flat Major) transcribed from George Farah’s first book for Oud. Transcribed and performed on Oud by Wassim Njeim. Tempo is 92bpm Fingering and Risha direction are shown.

Un exercice de Oud sur maqam Ajam Oushayran.  Nous offrons des cours de Oud à Montréal.

How to play Zuruni on Oud – كيف تعزف أغنية زوروني كل سنة مرة على العود

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Here’s a tutorial on how to play “Zuruni kulli Sana Marra” on Oud with instructions for inverted Risha technique (Risha Maqlouba).  This is a simplified version of the song which is meant as a tutorial for Oud students.

It includes the sheet music of the song itself.

Music by Sayyid Darwish

Performed on Oud by Wassim Njeim

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هذا تمرين مبسّط للمبتدئين
تمرين للريشة المقلوبة على آلة العود
تعلم عزف أغنية زوروني كل سنة مرة على العود

 

Asturias (Leyenda) on Oud

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Asturias (Leyenda) of Isaac Albéniz on Oud by Wassim Njeim.

Asturias is a very famous flamenco piece which was originally composed for Piano then later transcribed for Guitar.

Here I play it based on Farid El Atrache’s version on Oud. Farid, who himself was and still is a source of inspiration for many Oud players, adapted Asturias to the Oud and made it famous in the Arab world back in the 50’s.