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

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.

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.

Thanks for your comment!

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

Thanks for the clarification

​@@suppiluiiuma5769mid-evil is cool though

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

especially whith all the electric tools

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!

Thanks for your comment!

Thanks for your comment!

I make stringed instruments out of olive oil cans

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

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.

@@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

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

I'm glad you like it

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.

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

I'm glad you like it.

​@@europeanancientculture привет, от куда ты смелый человек?

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I was hoping it to be less educational

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.