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Mbira (/ ə m ˈ b ɪər ə / əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger.
Kalimba (thumb piano) Kasayi; Marímbula; Mbira (Sansa, Sanza, Kaffir piano, Likembe) Malimbe; Mechanical music box; Oopoochawa; Space Harp (electric thumb piano, Frankiphone) Tom; Zimbabwean Marimba; 122.11 Without resonator. 122.12 With resonator. 122.2 With cut-out lamellae Comb; Mechanical music box
The Array mbira / ə m ˈ b ɪər ə / is a handcrafted modern musical instrument with a unique harp- or bell-like sound. It is made in the United States by its inventor Bill Wesley and manufactured by Wesley with Patrick Hadley in San Diego, California, United States. Its development began in the 1960s. [1]
A Hugh Tracey treble kalimba A Jew's harp. A lamellophone (also lamellaphone or linguaphone) is a member of the family of musical instruments that makes its sound by a thin vibrating plate called a lamella or tongue, which is fixed at one end and has the other end free. When the musician depresses the free end of a plate with a finger or ...
There are several Pygmy groups, the best known being the Mbenga (Aka and Baka) of the western Congo basin, the Mbuti (Efe etc.) of the Ituri Rainforest, and the Twa of the Great Lakes. Pygmy music Includes the Aka, Baka, Mambuti Mbuti and Efé; styles: hindewhu – hocket – likanos – liquindi – lullaby – yelli.
I: instruments that make sound from vibrating solids: I.A: no tension (free solid, for example, xylophones, cymbals, or claves); I.B: linguaphones (lamellophones) (solid fixed at only one end, such as a kalimba or thumb piano); I.C: chordophones (solid fixed at both ends, i.e. strings such as piano or harp); plus drums
The name "thumb piano" is still common in the English speaking world but is being displaced by mbira and kalimba. "Marimba" requires disambiguation from the marimba xylophone. I suggest fusing the pages under "Thumb Piano, Mbira, Kalimba" and adding a disambiguation and link from "marimba"Redheylin 01:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks or nails are placed on the felt-padded hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound. It is used to evoke the ...
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