Which Woods Are Used In Making Ouds?

As with many handicrafts, making oud requires remarkable mastery. In addition to mastery, the materials used in the oud must be of high quality. First of all, the raw material of the oud is wood, as in most instruments. An average of eight types of wood are used even in the simplest making oud.

Among these trees, even those of the same species can contain various characteristics. It is significant in this regard that we know how to intervene in which tree and what kind of effects that tree can have on the sound of the oud. What are the trees used in making oud? You can continue reading our article for detailed information on the subject.

How To Understand Good Quality Oud?

To understand the quality of the oud, you need to pay attention to 3 criteria. These are as follows:

1. Screws Not Loosening (Not Loosening)

As with all stringed instruments, one of the most significant issues in the oud is to tune it properly. If it is not tuned correctly, the sounds will not be correct, and such an oud can satisfy neither the player nor the listener. Again, as with all stringed instruments, the oud is also tuned with the help of percussion instruments. If the tunes you turn to tune do not hold and discharge back (loosening), this is called tuning (self-release of the findings). That should not be a problem with a quality oud.

2. The Oud Tone Is Not Distorted

Although this seems like a simple problem, you can understand it much better when you experience several different quality ouds. The wood used in the boat should not be too thick so that the timbre of the oud is not distorted. If it is too thick, the sound will come out less. That will result in a deeper sound. That will negatively affect your desire to play the oud.

3. Don't Let The Oud Look Fool You!

The appearance of your oud may be very pleasing to your eyes, but you may experience many different problems with its sound, timbre or percussion. A plain but good-sounding or trouble-free oud is much more valuable. Therefore, it is significant not to be deceived by the image.

Which woods are used in making ouds?

Some of the basic trees used in making oud are as follows: 

• Walnut,
• Mahogany,
• Linden,
• Plum,
• Apricot,
• Cherry,
• Rose,
• Sour cherry,
• Maple

In addition to these native trees, imported trees are also used. The most known of them are; tropical vehicles such as vengi, megase, rosewood.

Which Wood Is The Most Suitable For Oud Making?

None of the trees used in making oud is superior to the other. Rather than the type of tree, the part that interests us is the dryness and quality of the tree. That may differ according to each master who produces the oud. Some masters can make a beautiful and high-quality sound from vengi wood, some from walnut wood, and some from rosewood. 

While making the oud, not every tree is used on the upper plate, that is, on the trunk. Only very well dried spruce wood should be used. 

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