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• 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 - The early history of the oud, leading up to the development of the European lute.
• Al 'Ud - Performance tips and music theory.
• 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.
• The History of the Oud - Article on the history of Armenian oud making.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 oud pictures.