{"id":1993,"date":"2023-10-29T19:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afghanrubab.com\/?page_id=1993"},"modified":"2023-11-23T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:33:17","slug":"la-structure-du-rubab-afghan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/la-structure-du-rubab-afghan\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal structure of the Afghan Rub\u0101b"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Montage: Presentation of the different chambers of a Rub\u0101b Afghan<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The structure of the Afghan rub\u0101b consists of a carved and hollowed-out piece of mulberry. The cavity formed by the internal structure of the instrument is made up of three chambers or hollow volumes. This cavity is complex in nature, as explained in the thesis (The Afghan rub\u0101b, a historical, musicological and organological study of a Central Asian lute<\/em>presented by Sylvain Roy and defended on 12 December 2017, at the University of Paris Nanterre, under the supervision of Professor Emeritus Jean During). The three chambers of the instrument's cavity play a direct part in its timbre, and are represented here by the letters A, B and C :<\/p>

The primary function of chamber A, or the \u2018upper\u2019 chamber, is to lighten the neck. Even though it is not very voluminous, it contributes to the timbre of the Afghan rub\u0101b. This is probably not significantly audible, but it should be considered in this role nonetheless.<\/p>

Chamber B, known as the \u2018middle\u2019 chamber, is narrow and deep. It plays an important role in the timbre and acoustics of the instrument.<\/p>

Chamber C, known as the \u2018lower\u2019 chamber, is the most important. It is often as wide as it is deep. It plays an important role in the timbre and acoustics of the instrument, and it is over this chamber that the skin soundboard is stretched. Chambers B and C communicate through a narrow open space, mentioned in the side indentations, which evokes the body of a bowed string instrument. This feature shows that the internal structure of the Afghan rub\u0101b respects the curves of its external shape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montage : Pr\u00e9sentation des diff\u00e9rentes chambres d’un Rub\u0101b Afghan La structure du rub\u0101b afghan est constitu\u00e9e d\u2019une pi\u00e8ce de m\u00fbrier sculpt\u00e9e et […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2077,"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1993\/revisions\/2077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afghanrubab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}