The rabeca is descended from the medieval rebec. Brother Anselm gives Liliwin his rebec, fully repaired. The jongleur Liliwin relies on a rebec to make music. Traditional instruments included alphorn, hammered dulcimer, fife, hurdy-gurdy, castanets, rebec, bagpipe, cittern and shawm. The bowed instruments became the rebec or rabel and the plucked instruments became the gittern. The likely predecessors of the violin family include the lira da braccio and the rebec. This latter variant travelled to western Europe in the 11th century, and became the rebec. In its Spanish form the bandurria may have resembled the rebec. It is descended from the medieval rebec. In the past the rebec was used in a similar same way. Taron and Rebec promise and the Thals enter the spacecraft and leave for Skaro. These included the shawm, fiddles, rebec, crwth, portative organ, trumpet, timbrel, lute and bagpipe. Andalusi nubah, a genre of music from North Africa, often includes the rebec. The rebec also became a favorite instrument in the tea houses of the Ottoman Empire. The rebec also remained in use in folk music, especially in eastern Europe and Spain.