Arababu

Arababu [Arab. *rabāb], name of the rabāb on Halmahera, Moluccas, with coconut body and single string of vegetable fiber, but otherwise similar to the rabāb. Although it is usually bowed, it is sometimes plucked with bare fingers (112, 173). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Kaudern, Walter. Musical Instruments in Celebes. Gothenborg, 1927. Sachs, Curt. Die Musikinstrumente Indiens und Indonesiens. Berlin, 1915.