Editing Oud (section)

=== Tuning ===
[[File:Oud open Strings.ogg|thumb|The [[Musical tuning#Open strings|open strings]] played on an oud tuned in the American pattern "D2 G2 A2 D3 G3 C4"]]
Different ways of tuning the oud exist within the different oud traditions. Among those playing the oud in the Arabic tradition, a common older pattern of tuning the strings is (low pitch to high): D2 G2 A2 D3 G3 C4 on single string courses or D2, G2 G2, A2 A2, D3 D3, G3 G3, C4 C4 for a course of two strings.<ref name=stringinsdb>{{cite web |url=https://stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com/n.htm |title= Stringed Instrument Database N-O|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= stringedinstrumentdatabase.aornis.com|access-date=8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name=parfitt>{{cite web |url=http://oudipedia.info/tuning.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907143635/http://oudipedia.info/tuning.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 September 2017 |title=Tuning the oud |last=Parfitt |first=David |website= oudipedia.info|access-date=8 August 2018 }}</ref> In the Turkish tradition, the "Bolahenk" tuning, is common, (low pitch to high): C#2 F#2 B2 E3 A3 D4 on instruments with single string courses or C#2, F#2 F#2, B2 B2, E3 E3, A3 A3, D4 D4 on instruments with courses of two strings.<ref name=stringinsdb/><ref name=parfitt/> The C2 and F2 are actually tuned 1/4 of a tone higher than a normal c or f in the Bolahenk system.<ref name=stringinsdb/><ref name=parfitt/>

{{multiple image
| total_width       = 330
| caption_align     = center
| header_align      = center
| align             = right
| image1            = MBashir.jpg
| alt1              = 
| caption1          = [[Munir Bashir]], an acclaimed musician, considered to be one of the masters of the Iraqi school of [[Arabic maqam]] scale system
| image2            = Naseer Shamma en los Encuentros Averroes de Córdoba (2011).jpg
| alt2              = 
| caption2          = [[Naseer Shamma]], famous in the new generation oud virtusos
| image3            = 
| alt3              = 
| caption3          = 
| footer_background = 
| footer_align      = <!-- left (default), center, right -->
| footer            = 
}}
Many current Arab players use this tuning: C2 F2 A2 D3 G3 C4 on the standard tuning instruments, and some use a higher pitch tuning, F2 A2 D3 G3 C4 F4