Instrument traditional violin.

Fiddle in Turkey.

Rebab (Arabic الربابة or ربابة - "bow (instrument)"), also rebap, rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa) is a type of stringed musical instrument so named no later than the 8th century and spread via pathways Islamic trade more than North Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East. Some varieties often have stalks at the bottom that can fiddle resting on the ground, and thus called stalk fiddle in certain areas, but there are versions that are picked as kabuli rebab (sometimes referred to as robab or rubab).
Fiddle size is usually small, rounded body, the front of which is covered in a membrane such as parchment or sheepskin and has a long neck attached. There is a long thin neck with a pegbox at the end and there are one, two or three strings. There is no tone board. This instrument was made upright, either resting on the lap or on the floor. Bow is usually more curved than the violin.
Rebab, though valued for its voice, but has a very limited range (little over an octave), and gradually replaced in much of the Arab world by the violin and kemenche. It is associated with the instrument Iraq, Joza, which has four strings.
Introduction fiddle to Western Europe has been possible in conjunction with the conquest of Spain by the Moors, in the Iberian Peninsula. However, there is evidence of the existence of this instrument in the 9th century also in Eastern Europe: the Persian geographer of the 9th century Byzantine lira quoting Ibn Khurradadhbih (or Lura) as a typical musical instrument bow Byzantine and Arab rabab equivalent.

Construction.

Fiddle is used in a wide variety of musical ensembles and genres, corresponding with a wide distribution, and is built and played somewhat differently in different regions. In Southeast Asia, the rebab is a large instrument with a range of viola da gamba similar to, while the version of the instrument further west tend to be smaller and higher pitched. Body varies with ornately carved, as in Java, for simple models such as the "fiddle of the Nile" Egypt 2 strings may have a body made of half a coconut shell. A more advanced version has a metal ballot box and the front maybe a half-covered with beaten copper, and half with cowhide.

Arabic, Persian and Ottoman.

Fiddle was widely used, and continues to be used, in Persian traditional music. There is also a bow instrument in Persian music named Kamanche which has the same shape and structure. Trigon also played in other countries like India, most likely trace the origin of the Iranian Kingdom because of its use in the Sassanid court. It was adopted as a key instrument in Arab classical music and in Morocco, the Arab-Andalusian music tradition has been kept alive by descendants of Muslims who left Spain as refugees following the Reconquista. The fiddle became a favorite instrument of the Ottoman Empire at the tea house (Turkey) until the arrival of the violin, the only musical instrument bow in the Ottoman Empire.

Asian hinterland.

Trigon game in Banjarmasin (1910-1925 era).
Variant violin stalk is very commonly used by many ethnic groups of East and Central Asia and their diaspora around the world, such as various Huqin used by the majority of Chinese ethnic groups, morin Khuur of Mongolia, Byzaanchy of Tuva, Kokyu of Japan, Haegeum of Korea, Kyl Kiak of Kyrgyzstan, Saw sam sai of Thailand and many others. It is commonly used in playing traditional folk songs, but also became popular in contemporary music settings, including genres such as classical, jazz, and rock.

Indonesia and Malaysia.

In Indonesian gamelan the rebab is an important instrument in the elaborate and adorn the basic melody. It does not have to correspond exactly to the scale of the other gamelan instruments and can be played in a relatively free, the completion of the phrase after the boom of the gong ageng (big gong that "regulate" the ensemble). Rebab also frequently plays the open when it was part of the ensemble.
In the eastern state of Malaysia, Kelantan and Terengganu, fiddle used in a healing ritual called "Main Puteri". The musician healer is sometimes taken to hospitals in cases where doctors can not cure a sick patient.

Learn more Traditional Musical Instruments "Trigon"

Who has not heard the term fiddle? Fiddle is one musical instrument that is fairly old, at least, Trigon has been known since the 9th century AD. Have the origin of the word fiddle fiddle, rebap, rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa the uptake of the Arabic language, which means (arc) or (gondewa), as the development fiddle himself came to Indonesia through trade routes Islam over much of North Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East (East and Southeast Asia).

As usual you see, in these areas, especially areas of West Java, fiddle is a musical instrument that has two or three pieces of strings are made of metal, to fiddle her own material used is copper. To play this instrument in a manner that is swiped, you can imagine how to play this instrument that his violin playing musical instruments.

Trigon material.

As noted above, that the fiddle is usually made of copper, but along with the development of traditional musical instruments in Indonesia has undergone a revolution fiddle, fiddle parts are no longer made of copper instead of natural raw materials. In longitudinal section, fiddle made of jackfruit wood, then on the heart-shaped body is made of hollow wood and covered with skin, intestine, or urinary dried ox, as a resonator or a loudspeaker, while the fiddle is a musical instrument that is included in the range of devices commonly used in gamelan accompany a puppet show, kliningan, or as an accompaniment song celempungan Cianjuran (mamaos) with harp and flute, is also used as a tool in praising sinden. Particularly in the gamelan, fiddle functions not only as an accompaniment, but also serves to guide the direction of the song.

Trigon has a unique sound, with the sound of softly bowed instrument made in one of the opening in the puppet arts performances, in addition, with the tone wide area coverage and can fit into any barrel, fiddle used as a determinant of the direction of the song and also guides other musical instruments switching from one atmosphere to another. No wonder there is a mention that the fiddle is a song leader. Really how important fiddle in a song is not it? How not, fiddle like a driver in a motor vehicle and a car, like the driver in the train, and like a pilot in an airplane. Although the fiddle has a very important position in a song, but not many people are interested and the usual play especially among young people. It is time fiddle has an important position in a song and in the development of traditional music in Indonesia, hopefully the younger generation does not forget an important instrument of this one, so the song-songs and performances that require fiddle strains can still be enjoyed by children, our grandchildren in the future.
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DatePublished: October 3, 2014 at 12:55