oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and modern-day Islamic music. It's the dad or mum of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-formed body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and somewhat much less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Encyclopaedia Britannica's https://edmmusicgenre33323.prublogger.com/35868180/the-basic-principles-of-music-oud-arabic