oud, stringed musical instrument notable in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It's the mother or father of the European lute. The oud includes a deep pear-shaped entire body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and to some degree much less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. https://holdenxobna.livebloggs.com/41543068/music-oud-an-overview