Unpublished Arab Lute Music ♪ Oud Folk Music

The oud is another prominent string instrument in Arabic music, one that is shaped like a pear. And with six strings, it has much in common with the mandolin in terms of pitch and sound. Earlier versions of the oud had only three strings. Tuned to a higher octave than the rabab, it also comes in three versions: Arabian, Persian and Turkish. The Arabian version is the largest of the three and retains a richer, deeper sound.
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The oud is very similar to other types of lute, and to Western lutes which developed out of the Medieval Islamic oud.
Similar instruments have been used in the Middle East, predating Islam in Persia.
Later, after the Muslim conquest of Persia, other regions and countries developed their own versions of oud, for example in Arabia,
Turkey, and other Middle Eastern and Balkan regions. There may even be prehistoric antecedents of the lute.
The oud, as a fundamental difference with the western lute, has no frets and a smaller neck. It is the direct successor of the Persian barbat lute.
The oldest surviving oud is thought to be in Brussels, at the Museum of Musical Instruments.
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