music oud for Dummies
oud, stringed musical instrument prominent in medieval and modern day Islamic music. It's the parent of the eu lute. The oud has a deep pear-shaped human body, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and relatively a lot less acutely bent-again pegbox than the ecu lute.Alfonso X, “The Intelligent”, 1221-1284, was King of Castil