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.