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Rebab (Arabic: ربابة, rabāba, variously spelled rebap, rubob, rebeb, rababa, rabeba, robab, rubab, rebob, etc) is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Europe. [1]
Classical Afghan music often features this instrument as a key component. Elsewhere it is known as the Kabuli rebab in contrast to the Seni rebab of India. [3] In appearance, the Kabuli rubab looks slightly different from the Indian rubab. [7] It is the ancestor of the north Indian sarod, although unlike the sarod, it is fretted. [8]
The Maghreb rebab was described by a musicologist as the "predominant" rebab of North Africa, although the instrument was in decline with younger generations when that was published in 1984. [ 1 ] The name rebáb ( rabáb, rabába, rubáb, Arabic ربابة) refers to a group of significantly different stringed instruments, plucked or bowed ...
The Seni rebab (Hindustani: सेनी रबाब (), سینی رباب (), Punjabi: ਸੇਨੀ ਰੱਬਾਬ), also known as the Seniya rabab (Hindustani: सेनिया रबाब (), سنیا رباب ()) is a plucked string instrument used in northern India that is said to have been developed by, and to have taken its name from, the notable musician Tansen in the time of the ...
The name derives from the 15th century Middle French rebec, altered in an unexplained manner from the 13th century Old French ribabe, which in turn comes from the Arabic rebab. [6] An early form of the rebec is also referred to as the rubeba in a 13th century Moravian treatise on music. [7]
Rabāb or rebab, a bowed string instrument; Rubab (instrument) or rabab, a Central Asian plucked instrument; People.
The rebab, a two-stringed fiddle, is the melodic leader of the ensemble. The rebab player signals changes between sections of a piece, and to a new piece. The gendér is a tube-resonated metallophone with fourteen keys suspended by string above metal tubes. The gendér plays improvisatory patterns called cengkok which link one seleh note to the ...
Rebab - used in traditional performances such as Wayang Kulit Melayu, Mak Yong and Main Puteri. Sape - used in traditional performances in Sarawak. Sundatang - used in traditional performances in Sabah. Tongkungon - used in traditional performances in Sabah.