How is the rubab played?
The player sits cross-legged on a carpet or thin mattress in an upright posture with a straight back. The instrument rests on the right thigh, with the deep groove between the lower and upper chambers parallel with the thigh, so that the rubab is pushed forward about 45° relative to the player’s body.
What is the rubab used for?
The rubab is thus the ‘ideal’ Pashtun instrument. It is also widely used for playing the art music of Kabul, where the rubab is the principal instrument for the accompaniment of ghazal singing. The texts of these ghazals are very often of a Sufi spiritual nature, by poets such as Hafez, Bedil and others.
How is the rebab played?
A rebab is played by a solo musician sitting cross-legged and is held in a vertical position either in front of the left shin or clasped between the calf and the thigh. The play bows the instrument with a bow made from wood and horse’s tail or, these days, nylon.
What kind of musical instrument is rubab?
rabāb, Arabic rabābah, Arab fiddle, the earliest known bowed instrument and the parent of the medieval European rebec. It was first mentioned in the 10th century and was prominent in medieval and later Arab music. In medieval times the word rabāb was also a generic term for any bowed instrument.
What is the rubab made out of?
Carved from a single piece of mulberry wood and covered with skin, the instrument has a lively and percussive sound.
Who invented rubab?
As far as we are aware, the earliest description of a musical instrument termed rabab has been given in the Kitab- al-Musiqi Al Kabir of Al-Farabi (AD 872-950).
What kind of materials that instrument is made of rubab?
Rubab early 20th century Carved from a single piece of mulberry wood and covered with skin, the instrument has a lively and percussive sound.
Where was rubab invented?
Afghanistan
The Rubab is the national instrument of Afghanistan and its origins date back from the 7th Century and its roots from Central Afghanistan. It is also known as “the Lion of Instruments”. It is mainly played by Afghan, Pashtun, Tajik, Kashmiri and Persian classical musicians.
How many strings does a rebab have?
3 strings
It has 3 strings, 3 tuning pegs (telinga), a decorative, detachable headstock (kepala), a skin made of cow’s stomach and a small, nipple-like mute mechanism (puting).
Where did Rabab come from?
Rabab is a lute like musical instrument originated from central Afghanistan. Its name was derived from Arab language Rebab which means “played with a bow”. In central Asia the instrument is different in construction.
What is the origin of rubab instrument?
The Rubab is the national instrument of Afghanistan and its origins date back from the 7th Century and its roots from Central Afghanistan. It is also known as “the Lion of Instruments”. It is mainly played by Afghan, Pashtun, Tajik, Kashmiri and Persian classical musicians.