Editing Rebec (section)

{{Short description|String instrument}}
{{Infobox Instrument
|name= Rebec
|names=
|image=Rebac.jpg
|image_capt=The rebec in "Virgin among Virgins" (1509), by [[Gerard David]].
|background=string
|classification=
*[[Bowed string instrument]]s
|hornbostel_sachs=321.21-71
|hornbostel_sachs_desc=Bowl lyre sounded by a [[bow (music)|bow]]
|developed=[[Middle Ages]]
|range=
|related=
* [[vielle]]
* [[viol]]
* [[rebab]]
* [[Rabel (instrument)|rabel]]
* [[rabeca]]
* [[Byzantine lyra]]
}}
The '''rebec''' (sometimes '''rebecha, rebeckha''', and other spellings, pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|iː|b|ɛ|k|}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|b|ɛ|k|}}) is a bowed [[string instrument|stringed instrument]] of the [[Medieval era]] and the early [[Renaissance]]. In its most common form, it has a narrow boat-shaped body and one to five strings.