| Ain Arab (The Spring): A journal of Jameel Abraham's experiments with making Turkish-style ouds. Includes step-by-step pictures and description. |
| Al 'Ud: Performance tips and music theory. |
| Al 'Ud: The early history of the oud, leading up to the development of the European lute. |
| Dimitris Rapakousios: Luthier/ Oud Maker: Luthier who specializes in ouds, lavtas, and sazes. Based in Athens, Greece. Includes pictures and sound files of his instruments. |
| Dr. Oud: Information on oud repair and construction. |
| Faruk Türünz Oud Shop: About this Turkish oud maker whose shop is located in Thessaloniki, Greece. Includes information on the mathematical formulas for calculating oud brace resonances. In Turkish and English. |
| Mike's Ouds: An Arabic oud website with pictures, RealAudio and MP3 samples of compositions and taqsims, discussion forum, and links to other oud information. |
| Oud: Pictures of ouds and information about descriptions and tuning the oud. |
| Oud - Nikos Dimitriadis: Information on Greek ouds and playing traditions, with Windows Media samples of taksims. In English and Greek. |
| Oud Cafe: Basic information about the oud and Ottoman music, including tuning systems, modes, hand positions, and exercises. |
| Oud Home Page: Everything you want to know about the Middle-Eastern lute, oud (sometimes spelled as ud). |
| Oud Web: Links to oud players, makers, information sites, and vendors. |
| Oudmaker Dincer Dalkilic: Basic information about the oud and makam, as well as an oud making photo show. |
| Ouds: Article by David Brown on the Middle-Eastern oud: its history, tuning methods, and playing techniques. |
| Pablo's Oud Page: An informative oud site for beginner players, as well as anyone else interested in ouds. |
| Peter Kyvelos Receives National Heritage Fellowship: Hellenic Communication Service profile of Kyvelos, oud maker based in Boston, Mass. |
| Quick Intro to the Oud: This article, by D. Glenn Arthur Jr., is geared for guitarists. Includes some oud pictures. |
| The History of the Oud: Article on the history of Armenian oud making. |
| The Oud: Extensive introduction to playing the makams (maqams) on the oud, by David Parfitt. Contains musical notation of many popular makams, both in Arabic and Turkish systems. |
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