'UD - The 'ud, typical of Egypt and the Levant, is a pear-shaped, short-necked, fretless instrument. It has five double courses of nylon or gut and metal-wound silk strings.

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_ud five double courses of either gut strings
_ud five double courses of either nylon
_ud five double courses of either metal
_ud has feature pear-shaped
_ud has feature fretless
_ud has feature short-necked
_ud is instance of Arab instrument(s)
_ud is found in Egypt
_ud is found in the Levant
_ud world music category chordophone