rebec (Medieval bowed lute)

~ String instrument

Description

With a pear shaped body made from a single piece of wood, this medieval bowed string instrument originated as a Byzantian lyra-like variant of the Arabic rebab and was a possible influence to the violin.

Relationships

used in:medieval
type of:bowed lute
related instruments:Cretan lyra
Wikidata:Q737520 [info]