RUBEBA / REBAB
Arab-andalusian instrument which appeared between 12th and 13th C. as a result of the evolution of berber peak fiddles to adapt the sound of a bowed instrument to the arab cult music dominated, at that time, by the ud. From that one it tooks the piriform design, the bulgy back and the backwards pegbox, but keeping a short skin top.
The rabab appears described by persian composer and philosopher Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi in his treatise Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir (1st half of 10th century) and later by music theorist and dominican friar Jerome of Moravia in his Tractatus de Musica in 1272, under the latin name of rubeba.
The rabab appears described by persian composer and philosopher Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi in his treatise Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir (1st half of 10th century) and later by music theorist and dominican friar Jerome of Moravia in his Tractatus de Musica in 1272, under the latin name of rubeba.
Rebab Cantiga de Sta. María nr. 170.
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Body and fingerboard made of cypress, with ebony pegs and inlays, pearwood bridge and saddle, and goat skin. It is finished with oil.
String length: 520 mm. 
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