It's an Arabic strings instrument with bowl back and its made from diffrent type of exotic wood like any guitar or other instrument also the soundboard its can be from cedar or spruce wood pegs made from ebony or Indian rosewood the oud can be to type a fixed bridge and a floating bridge and the bowl back made from 19-21-23-25 rips and this instument the Arabic tune it's F A D G C F also it's the tune can change for turkish time or creece or Iranian and Armenian .....