oud music No Further a Mystery
oud, stringed musical instrument distinguished in medieval and contemporary Islamic music. It is the dad or mum of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped overall body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and rather less acutely bent-back pegbox than the eu lute.[plus the] size [in the ‛ūd] will be: 30-six joint fingers—