oud, stringed musical instrument distinguished in medieval and modern day Islamic music. It's the mother or father of the ecu lute. The oud contains a deep pear-formed system, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and relatively less acutely bent-back pegbox than the ecu lute. Microsoft and DuckDuckGo https://reubenl431pbl3.mysticwiki.com/user