187 THE TRADITIONAL TUNINGS OF THE GREEK OUD AND 6-STRING GUITAR

The traditional tunings of the Greek Oud which is of 5 r 6-courses are

The Arabic tuning is

1) G2-A2-D3-G3-C4  (2M-4-4-4)   or D2-G2-A2-D3-G3-C4 (4-2M-4-4-4)

2) D2-E2-A2-D3-G3  (2M-4-4-4)

The Turkish tunng is


1) E2-A2-B2-E3-A3-D4   (4-2M-4-4-4)

2) E2-F#2-B2-E3-A3-D4  (2M-4-4-4-4)


We may compare it with the tuning of the Portuguese guitar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_guitar ) which also has interval of 2M


D3-A3-B3-E4-A4-B4   (5-2M-4-4-2M)

and


C3-G3-A3-D4-G4-A4    (5-2M-4-4-2M)

or


C2-E2-G2-C4-E4-G4  (3M-3m-4-3M-3m)