Rebec
= Rebec =
The violin originated from a medieval instrument called the rebec, commonly used in Europe for about 700 years (and still used in France until the 20th century). It had a pear-shaped body and was played more or less in the same fashion as the modern violin.The rebec itself came from an earlier still instrument, the rebec, which was introduced to Europe from the Muslim world by the Moors in Spain. The rebec is still a very common household object in North Africa and the Middle East.
rebec --- Other medieval bowed instruments were the medieval fiddle, an ancestor of the viola da gamba, and the bowed lyre of Northwestern Europe called a croud, crowd, or crwth.
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Josef Roden's birth name is Josef Rebec.
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A rebec was a bowed musical instrument which was strung like a violin. It was about the size of a violin, but the shape was more like that of a round backed lute. It was called a geige in Germany, which is a name also applied to a violin.
Very much so. Especially, in the later part of the Renaissance. The rebec was used in the transition from the medieval to the renaissance but once the violin was introduced the rebec was displaced rather quickly. Check out the recordings of "the Kings Noise"
Some words that end with the suffix "ec" include poetic, cleric, specific, and electric.
Nobody invented the rebec, since it evolved gradually over many years.There was a very old Arab instrument called a rebabplayed in North Africa and the Middle East. This had a body carved from a single piece of wood covered in dried sheepskin for a sound board, with a long, narrow neck with a pegbox at the end. This instrument had one, two or three strings and was played with a bow or plucked, held vertically on the lap or on the floor.The rebec developed in the 11th and 12th centuries in Europe, directly from the Arab instrument, although it usually had three strings and was small enough to lay along the left forearm while being played - generally with a bow. In the damp climate of Europe it was found difficult to keep the sheepskin soundboard dry and taught, so a thin piece of wood was used instead. This was often of close-grained pinewood.The rebec did not remain popular for very long, being replaced by the viol during the medieval period.Twelfth century manuscripts depict the rebec in many shapes and sizes, initially with two "D" shaped sound holes near the bridge.