oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and modern-day Islamic music. It's the parent of the European lute. The oud contains a deep pear-formed body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and fairly a lot less acutely bent-again pegbox than the ecu lute. Microsoft and DuckDuckGo https://anderson65e08.tribunablog.com/music-oud-fundamentals-explained-49283181