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| | The Oud |
 | | The 'ud consists of a large soundbox connected to a short neck, features that give it its letters patent of nobility and distinguish it from the long-necked lute family (tanbur, saz, baglama, setar etc). |
 | | With al-Kindi and his successors, it was to reach the end of the instrument and become the string called hadd ('high') or the second zir. |
 | | This is done when the neck has few frets.) As the ancient 'ud did not have a two-octave compass, the appearance of the fifth string corresponded to the demands of a new system. |
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