About MUSIC OUD
oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It is the father or mother of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped human body, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and somewhat considerably less acutely bent-again pegbox than the eu lute.[as well as the] duration [on the ‛ūd] wil