oud, stringed musical instrument outstanding in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It's the parent of the ecu lute. The oud has a deep pear-formed body, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and to some degree less acutely bent-back pegbox than the ecu lute. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee https://tysonjxkuf.blogspothub.com/35819069/details-fiction-and-music-oud