A musical instrument with a large belly, a short and curved handle, a beam and a plectrum. Its curved back is made of 19 or 21 boards within the shape of a circle. The body is hollow. In the course of the entrance section called the chest, there are two small cavities on the sides called "roses".Oud instrument (written as "ud" in Turkish) is the ancestor of the European lute, name of which derives from...