THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OUD MUSIC

[as well as] length [with the ‛ūd] will probably be: thirty-6 joint fingers—with good thick fingers—and the whole will amount to 3 ashbār.[Notes one] And its width: fifteen fingers. And its depth seven in addition to a half fingers. Plus the measurement with the width from the bridge with the rest behind: six fingers. Stays the size of your