Hey guys, thanks for responding.
Beto Music,
Thank you so much.
This Turkish guitar is called "Oud".
Jake,
I did not touch the tuning although the thought had crossed my mind and I know a pianist who plays arab music and tunes his acoustic piano to 1/4 tones.
I guess if we were the first ones to ever try mixing the well tempered (and so western by nature) piano with oriental instruments I'd probably be too afraid to do it. But since it's very common now to see these fusions I feel it's possible and I prefer to leave the piano as is and try to support the oud's nature in the best way I can, maintaining the original sound and playing of each instrument. In other words, I'd like to think that we're making a ture fusion of east and west rather than forcing the piano to convert...
But then again, maybe I'll give it a try some day...
Hans,
That is so true, we do look frozen and I admit it bothers me a bit but I asure you we felt a very strong and deep elation.