There were but slight differences if any between the archetypes of the pear-shaped rebab and of the lute before the application of the bow to the former--both had vaulted backs, body and neck in one, and gut strings plucked by the fingers.
The distance is not great from northern Africa, through Spain, where a form of Rebab is still played by the Basque peasantry, on through Europe generally and across the Channel to England.
He also refers to a work entitled "Shaw's Travels," in which mention is made of the Rebeb or Rebab as an instrument common in the East in the eighteenth century.
In taking this view we may therefore assume that the existing Rebab has nearly all in common with its Eastern namesake of the eighth century.
We do not usually look to the East for progressiveness, and would therefore not expect to discover much difference between a Rebab of the nineteenth century and one of the eighth century.
The Ravanastron of India, the Rebab of Arabia, and other stringed instruments used by the Persians and the Chinese, hardly admit of being looked upon as links in the genealogical Fiddle chain.
The author states that the Rebab was taken to Spain by the Moors, "from whence it passed to Italy, and obtained the appellation of Ribeca.
The bow developed very slowly in Europe and remained a crude instrument as long as it was applied to the rebab and its hybrids.
The earliest bow known in Europe was associated with the rebab (q.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rebab" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
