oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and modern-day Islamic music. It's the dad or mum of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and relatively much less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Encyclopaedia Britannica's https://epicquietmusic-bossanovab22110.ja-blog.com/36907697/music-audio-fundamentals-explained