rebab (Generic rebab catch-all)
~ String instrument
Description
"Rebab" (and other variant spellings) is the name for chiefly these 3 types of bowed/plucked string instrument families:
- Large, short necked boatshaped "sarinda" type, here the kabuli rebab.
- Small, long necked spike fiddle "huqyin" type, here the Indonesian rebab.
- various sizes, varying necklength, pearshaped "Cretan lyra" type, here the bowed lutes proper.
Given the name cross-overs they are confused with eachother in most sources. Curiously, this cross-over confusion extends to related but separately or similarly named instruments as well, for example Ghijak (a spikefiddle) and Ghaychak (a boat-shaped).
It is, for the meantime, unknown how, if at all, these 3 subtypes are related.
For the spike fiddle used in gamelan, see Indonesian rebab.
For the plucked, boat-shaped Afghani instrument also know as kabuli rabab, see rubab.
For the medieval Indian plucked lute see Seni rebab.
For the medieval European pear-shaped fiddle see rebec.
Relationships
subtypes: | djoza (ancient Iraqi bowed string instrument) Indonesian rebab (Indonesian spike-fiddle used in gamelan) |
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derivations: | rubab (Ancient Afghan plucked lute member of the bowed rebab family) |
derived from: | ravanahatta (Indian bowed spikefiddle) |
Wikidata: | Q623509 [info] |
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