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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]
The instrument and its variants spread throughout West, Central, South and Southeast Asia. [4] The Kabuli rebab from Afghanistan [1] derives its name from the Arabic rebab and is played with a bow while in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, the instrument is plucked and is distinctly different in construction. [3]
The Northwest African rebab consists of two joined parts: the elongated, boat-shaped instrument (Morocco) or pear-shaped instrument (Algeria and Tunisia), and the bent-back tuning head. The body up to the peghead is hollow; the carved body is 48–60 cm long, 9–12 cm wide, 8 cm deep, and is made of walnut or cedar wood.
Dendang is a style of vocal music that developed in Minangkabau society as a singing tradition and accompanied by the saluang and other musical instruments. [3] Dendang accompanies kaba, oral stories that can be read or sung by a kaba master accompanied by the rubbing of a rebab (or matchsticks for the sijobang stories). [8]
Celempungan is a Sundanese musical genre that includes several musical instruments such as kacapi, kendang, goong/gong, and suling or rebab (optional), and Juru Kawih (singer). Kendang, the drum, controls the tempo of the ensemble and reinforces the meter.
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