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Detailed explanation-1: -The rubab is a short-necked double-chambered plucked lute with three main strings (tuned in 4ths), four frets (giving 12 semitones to the octave), two or three long drone strings, and up to fifteen sympathetic strings. It is the sympathetic strings that give the rubab its special sound.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rabab is a stringed instrument made of wood, parchment, and steel. This traditional instrument is found in Jammu and Kashmir. Majorly used in ‘Chakkari’, ‘Sufiyana Qalam’, and other folk forms of Kashmir.

Detailed explanation-3: -rabāb, Arabic rabābah, Arab fiddle, the earliest known bowed instrument and the parent of the medieval European rebec. It was first mentioned in the 10th century and was prominent in medieval and later Arab music. In medieval times the word rabāb was also a generic term for any bowed instrument.