Rabel de arco

Rabel de arco (Sp.: bowed rabel), term recorded in 1571 in the municipal archives of Lequeitio (Basque). The word rabetero, rabel player, is already mentioned in 1507 (56). Donostia, José Antonio de. “Instrumentos musicales del pueblo vasco,” in Anuario musical, Vol. 7, 1952.