It is one of the earliest known bowed instruments, named no later than the 8th century, and is the parent of many bowed and stringed instruments. There are chiefly three main types:

The Maghreb rebab or Maghrebi rebab is a bowed lute now played mainly in Northern Africa. It fits within the wider rebab traditions of the Arab world, but also branched into European musical tradition in Spain, Sicily, and the Holy Roman Empire.

rabāb, Arab fiddle, the earliest known bowed instrument and the parent of the medieval European rebec. It was first mentioned in the 10th century and was prominent in medieval and later Arab music. In medieval times the word rabāb was also a generic term for any bowed instrument. The rabāb has a membrane belly and, commonly, two or three strings.

2012年10月27日 · El Rebab, Rebap, Rabab, Rebeb, Rebaba, Rababah, Al-Rababa, en árabe الرباب رباب, es un instrumento de cuerda frotada, cuyos origenes se remontan al siglo VII en Afganistán. A consecuencia de la ruta de la seda se extendio por Asia, al Oriente medio, Europa y …

This musical instrument is called a rababah and is distinct for having a single string. With a bow made from wood, leather and metal, it is used to accompany a singer in the chord songs and in bedouin folk music. The rababah is considered part of the lute family (oud in Arabic).

The rubab is the national musical instrument of Afghanistan; it is also commonly played in India and Pakistan, mostly by Pashtuns, Balochis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, [2] and Punjabis. Variants of the rubab include the Kabuli rebab of Afghanistan, the Rawap of Xinjiang, the Pamiri rubab of Tajikistan and the seni rebab of northern India. [3] .

There is a picture of the Arab Rababa on a piece of silk found in Iran and it is now in the Boston Museum of Art. The Arabs designed the Rababa in several forms: the round square, the boat, the pear, the hemispherical, the tanboori, and the open box.

Rabāba or kamānja agūz, a spike fiddle used today to accompany folk singers. Two horsehair string pass over a coconut resonator covered with skin. The resonator can be turned on the …

The rebab (Arabic الرباب or رباب - "a bowed (instrument)") , also rebap, rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa) is a type of string instrument so named no later than the 8th century and spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, the Middle East, parts of …

2010年5月1日 · One of the most important instruments employed throughout this region is the Bedouin Rababah. Played with a horsehaired bow, this instrument has a quadrilateral sound box covered with skin and a single string also made from horsehair. Capable of a side range of dynamic accents and ornaments, this instrument is the essential melody instrument of…