A musical instrument with a big belly, a short and curved handle, a beam and a plectrum. Its curved back is made of 19 or 21 boards in the shape of a circle. The body is hollow. In the course of the front 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 "al-ud". It...