seni rebab (Medieval Indian evolution of the Afghan (kabuli) rabab)

~ String instrument

Description

Larger, with a longer neck than the kabuli rabab, it has a hide covered soundbox and wooden fingerboard with mostly gut strings, it was developed during medieval times by Tansen, who improved it and gave it metal sympathetic strings.

Relationships

from:India
derivations and has hybrids:sursingar (19th century large North-Indian dhrupad bass-sarod)
derived from:kabuli rabab (Ancient Afghan plucked lute member of the bowed rebab family)
Wikidata:Q7450625 [info]