Rebab          

                The Rebab ("A Bowed Instrument"),Conjointly Rebap, Rabab, Rebeb, Rababah, Or Al-Rababa) May Be A Style Of String Instrument Therefore Named No Later Than The Eighth Century And Unfold Via Islamic mercantilism Routes Over Abundant Of North Africa, The Center East, Elements Of Europe, And Also The Region. The Bowed Selection Typically Features A Spike At Rock Bottom To Rest On The Bottom, And Is the refore Referred To As A Spike Fiddle In Bound Areas, However Plucked Versions Just Like The Kabuli Rebab (Sometimes Said Because The Robab Or Rubab) Conjointly Exist. What Is More, Besides The Spike Fiddle Variant, There conjointly Exists A Variant With A Pear-Shaped Body, Quite Almost Like The Byzantine Lyra And Also The European lyra. This Latter Variant Traveled To Western Europe Within The Eleventh Century, And Have Become The Rebec.

           This Article Can Solely Think About The Spike-Fiddle Rebab, That Sometimes Consists Of A little, Sometimes Rounded Body, The Front Of That Is Roofed During A Membrane Like Parchment Or Sheepskin And Encompasses A Long Neck hooked Up. There's A Protracted Skinny Neck With A Peg box At The Tip And There Area Unit One, 2 Or 3 Strings. There's No Fingerboard. The Instrument Is Command Upright, Either Resting On The Lap Or On The Ground. The Bow Is Sometimes Additional Wiggly Than That Of The Bowed Stringed Instrument.

           The Rebab, Although Valued For Its Voice-Like Tone, Encompasses A Terribly Restricted Vary (Little Over Associate octave), And Was Bit By Bit Replaced Throughout A Lot Of Of The Arab World By The Bowed Stringed Instrument And Kemenche. It's Associated With The Iraqi Instrument The Joza, That Has Four Strings.