oud, stringed musical instrument prominent in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It is the father or mother of the eu lute. The oud provides a deep pear-formed body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and relatively less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Alfonso X, “The https://jaredgatma.onesmablog.com/an-unbiased-view-of-music-oud-75627986