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rewap, kordofon, stränginstrument
- Object description
Rewap, eller ravak, av trä (vanligen av mullbärsträ) med sex strängar. Ett skinn spänt över klanglådan. Dekorerat med ben och horn. Ett plektrum finns fästat vid halsen.
"The rabab (rubab, robab) is used among Tajik, Uzbek and Uighur groups. In the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan, its body and neck are carved from a single block om mulberry wood; the tapered neck, of moderate length, is hollow and constitutes an upper sound chamber covered by a broad, unfretted fingerboard and pierced by a number of small holes. Five gut strings are attached to a curved pegbox, and another to a peg in the side of the neck; they are plucked with a small thick wooden plectrum.
This instrument is sometimes called the 'Pamir obab'. A similar instrument, known as the 'Dulan robab', having sumpathetic strings with pegs along the neck, and a semi-circular, curved pegbox, is played by the Dulan people in Tajikistan.
The 'Kashgar rubab', found in Sinkiang (China) and among the Uighurs (URSS), is a long-necked barbed lute with a single, small bowl-shaped soundbox covered with a skin belly; curved barbs project laterally at the junction with the solid neck. Its strings, usually five. are attached to lateral tuning-pegs in the curved pegbox; there are two double courses and a single course, and sometimes sympathetic strings. It is played with a plectrum."
cit. The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, part 3, pp. 181-182
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