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Old Jun 27 2008, 6:43 AM
Gongchime Gongchime is offline

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Yeah, the Balinese rebab is not as refined as the rebab coming from the mediterranean. Also, the music is more complex and interesting around that area. My favorite though is the Afghani rebab which is held horizontally and plucked not bowed. But the Balinese rebab has strings so high off the fingerboard that you do not press the string all the way down which is similar to the Chinese Erhu. It takes a lot of control to produce the correct pitch. In which case, I'm a friggin' genius. Haha
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