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The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced k or k) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Renaissance era. In its most common form, it has a narrow boat-shaped body and 1-5 strings. Played on the arm or under the chin, it is an ancestor of the violin. == Origins == Popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, the introductio...
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medieval musical instrument like a mandolin or viol
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• (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. • (n.) A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.
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bowed, stringed musical instrument of European medieval and early Renaissance music. It was originally called a rubebe, developed about the 11th ... [3 related articles]
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1. An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. ... Alternative forms: rebeck] 'He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note.' (Drayton) ... 2. A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. ... Origin: F, fr. It. Ribeca, ribeba, fr. Ar. Rabab a musical instrument of a round form. ... S...
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Re'bec (rē'bĕk)
noun [ French, from Italian
ribeca ,
ribeba , from Arabic
rabāb a musical instrument of a round form.]
1. (Mus.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. [ ...
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mediaeval bowed instrument with three strings, and a bowl backed body carved from solid wood.
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The Rebec is an obsolete form of stringed musical instrument of Middle Eastern origin which was popular during the Middle Ages. It was the precursor of the viol, was shaped somewhat like a mandolin, had three gut strings and was played with a bow. Henry VIII included the instrument in his state band, but later it was rarely used except by street mu...
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