In the Arab origin oud is considered to be the
king of instruments it is assumed that the name aloud is derived from the
Arabic for the wood and came to Europe through North Africa. There will be
nothing wrong to say that in Arab the oud is considered to be the oldest
musical instrument. In fact it is the most central instrument in the middle
eastern music tradition. Some others believe that it is the ancestor of
pharaohic Egyptian nefer, where as , some others say that this instrument is
the fore bear of the ancient Persian barbat. Beside this, oudis also known as
the ancestor of the European lute. The sound of the oud vibrates within its
hollow body. It is made of a rounded back, which is enclosed with a soundboard,
a flat sheet of wood.
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