An Iraqi musician creates a new composition called "The Oud Cello"

Culture and art
  • 26-04-2022, 11:47
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    Baghdad-INA

    The Iraqi musician, Farouk Hilal, who resides in Egypt, announced creating a new composition called (The Oud Cello).
     
    Hilal told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The new musical innovation that I will announce in a lecture within a symposium held after Eid al-Fitr, combines the Oud with the Cello in a new tune (tuning the layer of the musical instrument)."
     
    He added, "This innovation will have a huge impact in Arabic music."
    Hilal pointed out that "Iraqi music is lyrically limited between eight to twelve degrees, but this invention enables musical composition to reach twenty-four degrees."