Rebec ‐ The sound of the medieval times. How you can do it

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
  • In this video you can see how a medieval instrument, the rebec, is built.
    To do this I have based myself on what appears in the Beat de Girona and on the studies of Antoni Madueño.
    Although I use current tools, all the materials are original or rather, could be, since we lack a lot of information about it.
    Finally, you will be able to hear what this type of instrument sounded like and step into the medieval era. I'm sorry I don't have the knowledge to play more notes than I do in the video.
    I hope you like it.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 67

  • @melodoubt
    @melodoubt Місяць тому +23

    Superb construction ! The tensioned bow hair - very interesting.

    • @jengime
      @jengime 22 дні тому

      All bows have tensioned bow hair. The mechanism is different in modern bows.

  • @marffvmarffv5438
    @marffvmarffv5438 Місяць тому +19

    Hello. Nice instrument. I have made one by myself. A three strings rebec with spruce top, no leather. Amazing how good those instrument can sound.

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  28 днів тому +2

      I'm glad you like it. I also made one with three strings and a hard cover. I used Mediterranean woods to be true to the materials they could have used originally in my area and it also sounds great. They are amazing instruments. Thanks for your comment.

  • @Spirosaur
    @Spirosaur Місяць тому +21

    Great video, I would have loved to seen more played at the end !

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  Місяць тому +8

      Thanks for watching the video and for your comment. I too would have liked to be able to play the instrument a little more, but I'm not a musician and I didn't know how to do it.

  • @stevenhenning9833
    @stevenhenning9833 Місяць тому +10

    Nice build, very interesting, thanks 🎻

  • @arlynnecumberbatch1056
    @arlynnecumberbatch1056 27 днів тому +7

    So this is like the 10th grandparent of the violin, no wonder its very popular

  • @johnmarcgreen
    @johnmarcgreen Місяць тому +7

    Thank you for sharing this video, wow that's a lot of work! The instrument turned out so well... it was really great to see the process.

  • @PeppoMusic
    @PeppoMusic 25 днів тому +2

    Great build! Sounds surprisingly good and not at all that quiet.
    You could use the tuning instrument to help you find some of the placements of notes and mark them out. This would help the intonation somewhat.

  • @omeed9015
    @omeed9015 27 днів тому +2

    Lovely work!

  • @boticland4342
    @boticland4342 Місяць тому +39

    The process feels like it was really made in the mid-evil period.

    • @suppiluiiuma5769
      @suppiluiiuma5769 Місяць тому +20

      Don't sweat it because it's not a big problem, but I just thought I'd tell you that it's "medieval." Peace.

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  Місяць тому +9

      Thanks for the clarification

    • @user-pq4il4xo9s
      @user-pq4il4xo9s Місяць тому +6

      ​@@suppiluiiuma5769mid-evil is cool though

    • @droomtraus7467
      @droomtraus7467 27 днів тому +2

      @@user-pq4il4xo9s That's just averagely evil.

    • @malahamavet
      @malahamavet 25 днів тому

      especially whith all the electric tools

  • @superxuliguay
    @superxuliguay 26 днів тому +2

    Maravellós!

  • @tomhill4003
    @tomhill4003 20 днів тому +2

    This instrument looks like a predecessor of the Gadulka

  • @johnjones2786
    @johnjones2786 Місяць тому +2

    Fascinating.

  • @jamesware-ji2oe
    @jamesware-ji2oe Місяць тому +3

    Great, vid should of had more of u playing the finished product, skill deficit be damned

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for watching the video. You're absolutely right, but I'm not a musician and learning to play this instrument would take up a lot of time that I don't have. The idea was to reproduce the sound that could be heard in the 10th or 11th century. The idea was more to reproduce the sound than to do a concert. I wish I could play!

  • @shorsh420
    @shorsh420 28 днів тому +3

    buen video amigo

  • @joekelly3263
    @joekelly3263 Місяць тому +1

    Great to watch fella, thanks

  • @langsromana117
    @langsromana117 Місяць тому +3

    You are the best channel in the universe

  • @Despotic_Waffle
    @Despotic_Waffle 21 день тому +2

    sounds very viking esque

  • @ackthegreat6697
    @ackthegreat6697 24 дні тому +2

    Thats sick

  • @eduardgarcia3400
    @eduardgarcia3400 Місяць тому +3

    Brutal 😊

  • @josequins9099
    @josequins9099 25 днів тому +2

    The sound was really good. I was wondering if it would be much different to the wood topped rebecs. It seems a bit richer in sound, though still with that rebec tone.

  • @candykantin1851
    @candykantin1851 Місяць тому +1

    Beau travail

  • @lirabarbajavier
    @lirabarbajavier Місяць тому +1

    Wow! Thats a pretty piece of art! Nice work, congrats! 😊😈

  • @Cratercitysmith
    @Cratercitysmith 29 днів тому +1

    wow i would love to attempt something similar to this

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  28 днів тому +1

      I'm glad you like it and I encourage you to make one. It's a bit laborious, but it doesn't require any more skill than a willingness to work. Soon, I hope to upload a video of how I made the gut strings in case it helps.

    • @Cratercitysmith
      @Cratercitysmith 27 днів тому +1

      @@europeanancientculture do you think rawhide and sinue would work as a substitute? I live in Ontario and lamb isn’t very common around where i live

    • @hollyingraham3980
      @hollyingraham3980 17 днів тому

      @Cratercitysmith would a skin drum head work for the top? I don't know how thick your parchment is.

  • @phillipbingham487
    @phillipbingham487 Місяць тому +1

    Excellent work

    • @phillipbingham487
      @phillipbingham487 Місяць тому

      I make stringed instruments out of olive oil cans

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  28 днів тому

      @@phillipbingham487 Exactly The idea is the same. With current materials you can achieve better sound.

  • @Jimmith829
    @Jimmith829 Місяць тому +1

    Very cool

  • @trashpanda9380
    @trashpanda9380 27 днів тому +1

    I'm mostly watching this so I can figure out how to use my own wood chisels

  • @susanjeffay3851
    @susanjeffay3851 22 дні тому

    Wish we could hear its sound...

  • @robabnawaz
    @robabnawaz Місяць тому +6

    i know, the few instruments we found had thinner walls. Very nice project, but why did u leave the walls so thick? As far as I know, the instruments we found had thinner walls.

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  Місяць тому +9

      Very interesting your comment. It was one of the dilemmas I had. No original rebec has been preserved from the period I want to reproduce. The original source is an illustration from a 10th century manuscript and therefore only the shape and number of strings can be appreciated. I chose to look at more recent and popular looking instruments and they were quite thick. In 13th and 14th century instruments, with the glued wooden cover, there is no need for such thick walls, but in this case nails had to be driven in and there was a risk that the wood would break. That's why I gave it a thickness of 1.5 cm. The keys made one. For the same reason I chose poplar wood, since it does not split, it weighs little, it is local and it is a wood widely used by shepherds who built rebecs in the 19th century. In any case, it could probably be a little thinner.

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  Місяць тому +4

      Sorry .Where it says keys and it should say nails.

  • @celeos9935
    @celeos9935 Місяць тому +1

    Rien ne permet de penser que la fabrication d'un rebec relève d'une mise en œuvre monoxyle. Mais la démarche reste intéressante.

  • @pablosintes5773
    @pablosintes5773 24 дні тому

    mola

  • @Leotheviolist
    @Leotheviolist Місяць тому +1

    Neat

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet 25 днів тому

    id like aome talking in theae videos
    you have great skill, so id like to know what youre thinking about the things you make while im watching you

  • @bearshield7138
    @bearshield7138 Місяць тому

    exquisite work

  • @Thoroughly_Wet
    @Thoroughly_Wet 21 день тому

    Ill just use a woody gourd.

  • @fluffy4192
    @fluffy4192 Місяць тому

    what material was used as the drum skin face for the instrument? i recognize it is some type of animal skin or byproduct, but is there a specific name for it to be used for instruments beyond leather of drum skin?

  • @nickdryad
    @nickdryad 16 днів тому

    Could have been clogs, but no, he make a musical instrument. Sheesh😂

  • @venomousviperkin
    @venomousviperkin 24 дні тому +1

    Was hoping the video would be more educational

  • @shutup5318
    @shutup5318 23 дні тому

    and to think if you were a beaver or maybe a large burrowing rodent you could do all that carving with your teeth 🥲

  • @barryoconnor721
    @barryoconnor721 28 днів тому

    The sound of what? You couldn't play even a single note?

    • @europeanancientculture
      @europeanancientculture  28 днів тому +3

      Thanks for watching the video, but I think you missed a part as I play them for a while. Maybe you went directly to the images at the end? As I've already answered in some comments, I'm not a musician and I can't make it sound like I would play but I play for a while and you can really appreciate the sound it produces. On the other hand, we don't have sheet music and therefore we don't know which songs were played with these instruments. That's why I put medieval sound and not music. I wish I could play better. I hope I have answered your question.