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The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced or ) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Medieval era and 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, the technique and tuning may have influenced the development of the violin. == Origins == Popular from the 13th to 16th centuries, the introduction of the rebec into Western Europe coincided with the Arabic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. There is however evidence of the existence of bowed instruments in the 9th century in Eastern Europe. The Persian geographer of the 9th century Ibn Khurradadhbih cited the bowed Byzantine lira (or ''lūrā'') as typical bowed instrument of the Byzantines and equivalent to the Arab ''rebab''.〔Margaret J. Kartomi, 1990〕〔For a possible etymological link between Arabic rebab and French rebec see (American Heritage Dictionary )〕 The rebec was adopted as a key instrument in Arab classical music and in Morocco a tradition of Arabo-Andalusian music has been kept alive by descendants of Muslims who left Spain as refugees following the Reconquista. The rebec became a favourite instrument in the tea houses of the Ottoman Empire, and was, until the advent of the violin, the only bowed instrument in the Ottoman Empire. The rebec was first referred to by that name around the beginning of the 14th century, though a similar instrument, usually called a ''lyra'', had been played since around the 9th century. The name derives from the 15th century Middle French ''rebec'', altered in an unexplained manner from the 13th century Old French ''ribabe'', which in turn comes from the Arabic ''rebab''. A distinguishing feature of the rebec is that the bowl (or body) of the instrument is carved from a solid piece of wood. This distinguishes it from the later period vielles and gambas known in the Renaissance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「rebec」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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