Editing Oud (section)

===Arabian oud, Turkish oud, and Persian barbat===
Modern-day ouds fall into three categories: [[Arab world|Arabian]], [[Turkey|Turkish]], and [[Iran|Persian]], the last also being known as [[barbat (lute)|barbat]].<ref name=majnunn>{{cite web |url=https://majnuunmusicanddance.com/persian-oud-barbat/ |title=Persian Oud – Barbat |last=Goldrick |first=Navid |date=16 August 2013 |website=majnunn music and dance |access-date=31 March 2018 |quote=Because of these efforts the Arabic Oud and the Barbat are now once again part of the Iranian musical landscape. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204085552/https://majnuunmusicanddance.com/persian-oud-barbat/ |archive-date=4 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

This distinction is not based solely on geography; the Arabic oud is found not only in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] but throughout the Arab world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sonsdelorient.com/en/cordes/oud.html |title= Oud |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= sonsdelorient.com|access-date=9 August 2018 }}</ref> Turkish ouds have been played by [[Anatolian Greeks]], where they are called outi, and in other locations in the Mediterranean.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.arabinstruments.com/types-of-ouds |title= Types of ouds |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=arabinstruments.com |access-date=9 August 2018 }}</ref> The [[Iraq]]i oud, [[Egypt]]ian oud and [[Syrian]] oud, are normally grouped under the term 'Arabian oud' because of their similarities, although local differences may occur, notably with the Iraqi oud.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudforguitarists.com/types-of-ouds-ultimate-oud-buyers-guide-1/|title=Types of Ouds : The Ultimate Oud Buyers' Guide Part 1 – Oud for Guitarists|date=2013-09-17|newspaper=Oud for Guitarists|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref> However, all these categories are very recent, and do not do justice to the variety of ouds made in the 19th century, and also today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oudmigrations.com/2016/03/08/journeys-of-ottoman-ouds/|title=The journeys of Ottoman ouds|date=2016-03-08|website=oudmigrations|access-date=2016-04-26 |author1=Oudadmin }}</ref>

Arabian ouds are normally larger than their Turkish and Persian counterparts, producing a fuller, deeper sound, whereas the sound of the Turkish oud is more taut and shrill, not least because the Turkish oud is usually (and partly) tuned [[major second|one whole step]] higher than the Arabian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oudcafe.com/stringing_and_tuning.htm|title=OUD CAFE – Stringing & Tuning|website=www.oudcafe.com|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref> Turkish ouds tend to be more lightly constructed than Arabian with an [[Wood finishing|unfinished]] [[sound board (music)|sound board]], lower [[action (music)|string action]] and with [[course (music)|string courses]] placed closer together. Turkish ouds also tend to be higher pitched and have a "brighter timbre".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arabinstruments.com/about-the-turkish-oud |title=About the Turkish oud|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= arabinstruments.com|access-date= 9 August 2018}}</ref> Arabian ouds have a [[scale length (string instruments)|scale length]] of between 61&nbsp;cm and 62&nbsp;cm in comparison to the 58.5&nbsp;cm scale length for Turkish. There exists also a variety of electro-acoustic and electric ouds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oudforguitarists.com/types-of-ouds-ultimate-oud-buyers-guide-1/|title=Types of Ouds : The Ultimate Oud Buyers' Guide Part 1 – Oud for Guitarists|date=17 September 2013|access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref>

The modern Persian barbat resembles the oud, although differences include a smaller body, longer neck, a slightly raised fingerboard, and a sound that is distinct from that of the oud.<ref name=majnunn/> See more information at the page: [[Barbat (lute)]].

The [[cümbüş]] is a Turkish instrument that started as a hybrid of the oud and the [[banjo]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cümbüş|url=http://www.campin.me.uk/Music/Cumbus/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=www.campin.me.uk}}</ref>