music oud for Dummies
oud, stringed musical instrument well known in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It's the mother or father of the eu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped overall body, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and rather less acutely bent-again pegbox than the European lute.Alfonso X, “The Wise”, 1221-1284, was King of Cast