Rebec
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The rebec is a bowed stringed instrument of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. In its most common form, it has a narrow boat-shaped body and one to five strings.
The rebec in "Virgin among Virgins" (1509), by Gerard David.
Rebab
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Rebab 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.
Rebec
…century Ibn Khurradadhbih cited the bowed Byzantine lira (or lyra) as a typical bowed instrument of the Byzantines and equivalent to the pear-shaped Arab rebab. The rebec was adopted as a key instrument in Arab classical music and in Morocco it was used in the tradition of Arabo-Andalusian music, which had…
K.P.H. Notoprojo, famous Indonesian Rebab player
Rebabs, Mevlâna mausoleum, Konya, Turkey
Rebab from Yemen.
Bedouin playing a rebab during World War II