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rabāb or rabābah, an Arabic fiddle in the 10th century. |
rabāb or rabābah, an Arabic fiddle in the 10th century. |
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Parent of the medieval European rebec or rubebe (11th-18th century Mediterranean/Balkans) and lira (like the lyre?) |
Parent of the medieval European rebec or rubebe (11th-18th century Mediterranean/Balkans) and lira (like the lyre?) |
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The ancient rabāb was the ancestor of almost all European bowed instruments. It had a membranous belly, 2-3 strings, and narrow neck. |
The ancient rabāb was the ancestor of almost all European bowed instruments. It had a membranous belly, 2-3 strings, and narrow neck. Its range was about an octave. |
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Large rebab, more range than the ancient rabab. (similar instrument - kamanche or khomanche) |
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large rebab, more range |
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Iraqi and Bedouin - joza, coconut-shell soundbox |
Iraqi and Bedouin - joza, variant with coconut-shell soundbox. |
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Kamanche - similar instrument |
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CENTRAL ASIA |
CENTRAL ASIA |
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MUGHAL |
MUGHAL |
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seni rabab - wood body with resonator and six strings, no frets and traditionally no sympathetic strings |
The seni rabab - wood body with resonator and six strings, no frets and traditionally no sympathetic strings. |
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Kabuli rabab (Afghan) - hollow wood body with gut or nylon strings. |
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Rabab - original ancestor. |
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Rebab - used in gamelan. |
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Robab or rubab - originated in Afghanistan. |
Revision as of 14:22, 5 January 2020
Rabāb used to be a term for any stringed instrument.
Ancient rabab
rabāb or rabābah, an Arabic fiddle in the 10th century. Parent of the medieval European rebec or rubebe (11th-18th century Mediterranean/Balkans) and lira (like the lyre?) The ancient rabāb was the ancestor of almost all European bowed instruments. It had a membranous belly, 2-3 strings, and narrow neck. Its range was about an octave.
Medieval r*bab
PERSIA Large rebab, more range than the ancient rabab. (similar instrument - kamanche or khomanche) Iraqi and Bedouin - joza, variant with coconut-shell soundbox.
CENTRAL ASIA
more western, higher pitched
MUGHAL The seni rabab - wood body with resonator and six strings, no frets and traditionally no sympathetic strings.
Kabuli rabab (Afghan) - hollow wood body with gut or nylon strings.
Notes
Rabab - original ancestor. Rebab - used in gamelan. Robab or rubab - originated in Afghanistan.