Qanbūs

A qanbūs or gambus (Imam Yahya; by the beginning of the 21st century, the oud had replaced the qanbūs as the instrument of choice for Middle-Eastern lutenists.

Yemen migration saw the instrument spread to different parts of the Indian Ocean. In Muslim Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei), called the gambus, it sparked a whole musical genre of its own. Today it is played in Johor, South Malaysia, in the traditional dance Zapin. In the Comoros it is known as gabusi,^[2] and in Zanzibar as gabbus.

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Poche, Christian. "Qanbūs". Grove Music Online (subscription required). ed. L. Macy. Retrieved on August 15, 2007.
Gambus - Musical instruments of Malaysia
Charles Capwell, Contemporary Manifestations of Yemeni-Derived Song and Dance in Indonesia, Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 27, (1995), pp. 76–89 reg

v t e Traditional Arabic musical instruments

Plucked lutes	Buzuq Gimbri Guembri Lotar Oud Qanbūs Sintir Lavta	Zithers	Qanun

Bowed lutes	Kamanjah Rababa

Lyres	Simsimiyya Kissar Tanbūra

Flutes	Ney Kawala

Reed instruments	Arghul Habbān Jirba Mijwiz Mizmar Mizwad Rhaita

Drums	Bendir Daf Goblet drum Hajir Mazhar Mirwas Naqara Naqareh Riq Tar Tabl baladi

Other percussion	Krakebs Manjur Mihbaj Sagat (zills) Sistrum Clapping Clay Jug

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