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yep it quite an intresting instrument, there seems to be several diffent tunings you can have , firstly turkish , or arabic,, we have gone for arabic, thrn EABEAD seems to be the most comon, but it seems you can have several to suit what you are playing, getting some noise out of it isnt to hard , a bit if sliding and a few hammer on and it starts to sound arabic, but as for playing a tune , im lost, lol, once you you have chosen the tuning getting and keeping in tune is the next chalange, it on a par with tuning and keeping the ashboury in tune but almost 3 time the strings!! you can also have 12 string on it if needed!! the glissentar seems a good compromise, possibly easier to play !