AN UNBIASED VIEW OF MUSIC OUD

oud, stringed musical instrument distinguished in medieval and modern Islamic music. It is the dad or mum of the European lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped system, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and rather much less acutely bent-back again pegbox than the ecu lute.Alfonso X, “The Intelligent”, 1221-1284, was King of Ca