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Rebec

The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced /ˈriːbɛk/ or /ˈrɛbɛk/) 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.

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Classification
Bowed string instruments
Developed
Middle Ages
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.21-71 (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)

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Rebec

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples113
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Rebec

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related to Artists · 38
Rebec → American, Antônio Nóbrega, Australia, Brazilian, Brisbane, Canada, Dolly Collins, Dominique Regef, Dufay Collective, Ensemble Micrologus, European, Fractio Modi, French, Fuloresta, Giles Lewin, Have One On Me, Hesperus, Italian, Joanna Newsom, Katarzyna Bromirska
related to Origins · 18
Rebec → Arab, Arabic, Arabo-Andalusian, Byzantine, Byzantines, Eastern Europe, Iberian Peninsula, Ibn Khurradadhbih, Morocco, Muslims, Ottoman Empire, Popular, Reconquista, Spain, The, The Persian, There, Western Europe
see also · 18
Rebec → Asia Minor, Black Sea, Bulgarian, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Calabrian, Crete, Dalmatian, Dramyin, Gadulka, Greece, Gusle, Himalayan, Kemenche, Lijerica Croatian, Spanish, The, Western Balkan
related to External links · 16
Rebec → April, BrazilThe Rebec Page, Cambridge University Press, Day, Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, Medieval Musical Iconography, Musiconis Database, Origins, Rabeca Fiddle, Short, Tenor, The Rebec, The Rebirth, Word
related to In popular culture · 8
Rebec → Don Quixote, Hugh Rebeck, In, Juliet, Peter, Presumably, Sancho Panza, William Shakespeare's Romeo
related to In use · 8
Rebec → Africa, England, Europe, However, In, It, Many, The
related to Tuning · 4
Rebec → Early, Many, The, This
Classification · 1
Rebec → Bowed string instruments
Developed · 1
Rebec → Middle Ages
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Rebec → 321.21-71 (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)

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instrument bowed music century folk early also one strings renaissance rabeca instruments fiddle violin europe used played often group byzantine

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RebecClassificationBowed string instruments1.00infobox
RebecDevelopedMiddle Ages1.00infobox
RebecHornbostel–Sachs classification321.21-71 (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)1.00infobox
Rebecrelated to ArtistsThe0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsMichael Nyman Band0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsLes Cousins Branchaud0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsQuebec0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsCanada0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsEnsemble Micrologus0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsItalian0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsTina Chancey0.60section
Rebecrelated to ArtistsShe0.60section

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