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.^[1]

Rebab Media

Rebab tiga tali (three-stringed rebab), Western Malaysia c. 1977. St Cecilia's Hall.
Burmese Tayaw, ca. 1900. St Cecilia's Hall.
K.P.H. Notoprojo, famous Indonesian rebab player
Iraqi jawza (جوزهcode: ar is deprecated ) player Salih Shemayil at the first Cairo Congress of Arab Music (1932)
Rebabs, Mevlâna mausoleum, Konya, Turkey
Rebab a musical instrument. From Yemen.
Bedouin playing a rebab during World War II

References

↑ Montagu, Jeremy (1976). The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments. Sydney: Ure Smith. p. 28. ISBN 0725403144.

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[1] Montagu, Jeremy (1976). The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments. Sydney: Ure Smith. p. 28. ISBN 0725403144.

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