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Why Egyptian ouds are so unique?
Introduction: The world of musical instruments is vast and diverse, each culture contributing its own distinct sounds and styles. Among the treasures of musical heritage, the Egyptian oud stands ou...
10 reasons to start learning oud
Oud is extremely popular which is played by plucking, either ensemble or in solo. It has pear-shaped, fretless as well as descent short necked face has five or six strings. Mostly what features...
Fascinating Facts Regarding the Arabic Oud Musical Instrument
The Arabic oud is a musical instrument that has been used for centuries in traditional Middle Eastern and North African music. Here are some fascinating facts and pros about the Arabic oud and ...
Where to Find the Best Oud Case In The World
If you decide to invest on an oud case, you have to go with Arab Instruments. We are proud to offer our first class oud case to protect your stringed instrument, along with the new keychain whic...
The Differences Between Arabic oud and Turkish Oud
Stringed instruments began to happen in people's lives right after the percussion instruments. The Oud is one of the oldest stringed instruments. It was developed and is still used in all countries...
Arab Instruments Trio - This Year Is Yours
Here in Arab Instruments we are trying to provide sound samples for almost every musical instruments we have in our website.This time we have decided to collect our team and to play something toget...
7 interesting facts about the Arabic Qanun Musical Instrument
The qanun is a descendent of the old Egyptian harp. It has played an integral part in Arabic music since the 10th century. The word qanun means 'law' in Arabic, and the word exists in English in th...
Zeryab Ouds - Interesting Maker from Syria
Zeryab Oud makers are a bunch of Khalefeh Damascene Family that have been involving Oud manufacturing as a craft and profession in Syria and in the Arab world since 1948. It is similar to family bu...
Arab Instruments - Egyptian Ouds
Music is the thing that makes the world vibrate, it has the power to unite civilizations, and it can express love in a better way than words. If you like playing at different kind of instruments, y...
Syrian Oud Made by Ibrahim Sukar
Almost every oud player out there has heard of the name "Farid El Atrash" a Syrian-Egyptian born oud player who played between the early 1940's and mid 1970's. He is one of many oud players who h...
There are a total of 22 Arab states that form the Arab league. But the one place that most Arab musicians will unanimously agree, particularly in the sound, design and soul of the Oud, is Egypt. A...
Earlier we mentioned the Oud or 'Ud' and it's magnificence in it's design and materials used. Because of technological enhancements not only has there been an improvement on tuning these instrume...
The Oud or Ud, is a string instrument similar to the lute known to have been around for at least 4000 years. It carries a beautiful deep melodic sound due to the nature of it's hollow pear shaped ...