oud music for Dummies
oud, stringed musical instrument notable in medieval and present day Islamic music. It's the dad or mum of the European lute. The oud features a deep pear-shaped human body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and fairly less acutely bent-back pegbox than the eu lute.Alfonso X, “The Smart”, 1221-1284, was King of Castile as we