oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and modern 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 fairly much less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Microsoft https://song99988.csublogs.com/42141786/oud-music-no-further-a-mystery