MUSIC OUD - An Overview
oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and modern-day Islamic music. It's the mother or father of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped entire body, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and to some degree much less acutely bent-back again pegbox than the eu lute.Alfonso X, “The Intelligent”, 1221-1284