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Oud and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.

derived_from — The European lute keeps the oud's ribbed bowl, pear outline, bent-back pegbox and gut courses, adds tied gut frets, and carries the Arabic name al-ʿūd into Spanish laúd, Italian liuto and English lute.uses — The ʿūd is among the core instruments of the Andalusi suite in all three of its surviving Maghrebi branches.comparable_to — Both are plucked lutes whose descendants reached another continent — the oud's by land and sea into Christian Europe, the ngoni family's in the knowledge of people transported across the Atlantic.European luteEuropean luteNgoniNgoniOudOudThe Andalusi nūbaThe Andalusi nūba
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  1. European lute · derived_from · Oud

    The European lute keeps the oud's ribbed bowl, pear outline, bent-back pegbox and gut courses, adds tied gut frets, and carries the Arabic name al-ʿūd into Spanish laúd, Italian liuto and English lute.

  2. The Andalusi nūba · uses · Oud

    The ʿūd is among the core instruments of the Andalusi suite in all three of its surviving Maghrebi branches.

  3. Oud · comparable_to · Ngoni

    Both are plucked lutes whose descendants reached another continent — the oud's by land and sea into Christian Europe, the ngoni family's in the knowledge of people transported across the Atlantic.