Rebab

Rebab

Variant with snakeskin

The rebab is a musical instrument from the Middle East. It is a very old instrument, and is probably the origin of the medieval rebec. It is a string instrument and is played by bowing or plucking the strings. It has a body made out of a solid piece of wood, with straight sides and a round back. The belly of the rebab is made of skin. The pegs used to tune the strings are like those on a violin, and are pushed into holes on the side of the peg box. The peg box is made from a separate piece of wood.

Rebab Media

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  This spike fiddle from Western Malaysia is played as part of a traditional healing ceremony. The ritual uses music, dance and dramatic dialogue to connect with the spirits responsible for a patient’s ailment.

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  This small, beautiful instrument is a traditional fiddle of Burma. As the country was influenced by western music in the 19th and early 20th centuries, fiddles like this were gradually replaced by the violin. Sadly today the practice of playing tayaw has completely disappeared.This is a vertical fiddle, related to the rebab.

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  K.P.H. Notoprojo, famous Indonesian rebab player

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  Iraqi jawza (جوزه) player Salih Shemayil at the first Cairo Congress of Arab Music (1932)

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  Rebabs, Mevlâna mausoleum, Konya, Turkey

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  Rebab a musical instrument. From Yemen.

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  Bedouin playing a rebab during World War II