oud, stringed musical instrument popular in medieval and modern Islamic music. It is the mother or father of the European lute. The oud includes a deep pear-shaped human body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and somewhat much less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Encyclopaedia https://music-auditions33222.blog-a-story.com/17944683/the-oud-music-meaning-diaries