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Bass range (varies, but examples range from G 1 –G 3 or C 2 –F 3) The range of the marimba has been gradually expanding, with companies like Marimba One adding notes up to F above the normal high C (C 7) on their 5.5 octave instrument and marimba tuners adding notes lower than the low C on the 5 octave C 2. Adding lower notes is somewhat ...
Support a minimum of 128 MIDI Program Numbers (conforming to the GM 1 Instrument Patch Map) and 47 percussion sounds (conforming to the GM 1 Percussion Key Map). Channel messages Support for controller number 1, 7, 10, 11, 64, 100, 101, 121 and 123; support for channel pressure and pitch bend controllers.
This original flapamba had a range from middle C up two full octaves (from C 4 to C 6 in scientific pitch notation). [2] In 2009, Richards decided to extend the lower range of the instrument. Specialty mallet craftsman Chris Banta made new bars spanning F 2 to C 4 and dubbed this the "bass flapamba". He also replaced the bars on the original ...
The Cubans call it marímbula, and most of the other Caribbean countries have adopted this name or some variant of it: marimba, malimba, manimba, marimbol. The instrument has a number of other names, such as marímbola (Puerto Rico), bass box, calimba (calymba), rhumba box, Church & Clap, Jazz Jim or Lazy Bass , and box lamellophone.
General MIDI 2 compatible synthesizers access all of the 256 instruments by setting cc#0 (Bank Select MSB) to 121 and using cc#32 (Bank Select LSB) to select the variation bank before a Program Change.
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The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...
The Bass Marimba and Marimba Eroica have more traditional linear layouts and are very low in pitch. The Bass Marimba was first built in 1950. It has eleven bars made of Sitka spruce. The lowest bar corresponds to a piano C2. It can be played with mallets or by slapping with the pads of the fingers. [16] The Marimba Eroica was built in 1954.