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The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced / ˈ r iː b ɛ k / or / ˈ r ɛ b ɛ k /) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Medieval era and the early Renaissance. In its most common form, it has a narrow boat-shaped body and one to five strings.
Rebec player with 3-string instrument Rabel or possibly rebec. Line around edge of soundboard indicates this instrument had a skin soundboard. 11th century A.D. Rebec or fiddle from Harley manuscript 4951, folio 297V in the British Library. 1330 A.D. Pamplona Cathedral. Rebec player with 2-string instrument. Rotte: Circa 1100 A.D., Italy.
Pages in category "Medieval musical instruments" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Rebec; Rotta (lyre) Rotte (psaltery) T.
The gudok (Russian pronunciation:, Russian: гудок), gudochek (Russian pronunciation: [gʊˈdot͡ɕɪk], Russian: гудочек) is an ancient Eastern Slavic string musical instrument, played with a bow. [1] A 12th century gudok or rebec, found in Novgorod.
The instrument was most popular in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, and Scandinavia. [2] Most information about the medieval harp comes from art and poetry of the era, though some original instruments survive and are available to view in museums. Performers play modern reconstructions of medieval harps today.
The Byzantine lyra or lira (Greek: λύρα) was a medieval bowed string musical instrument in the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire.In its popular form, the lyra was a pear-shaped instrument with three to five strings, held upright and played by stopping the strings from the side with the fingertips and fingernails.
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Medieval musicians had a wide variety of instruments available to them. These included the shawm, fiddles, rebec, crwth, portative organ, trumpet, timbrel, lute and bagpipe. [3] In Anglo-Saxon England, the professional poet was known as a scop ("shaper" or "maker"). Often attached to a royal or noble court, he composed his own poems, and sang ...