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Array mbira

The Array mbira /əmˈbɪərə/ 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. It is a radical redesign of the Shona African mbira from…

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Cultural influence

StingRy CooderEmil RichardsPharoah SandersZakir Hussain
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Description

Consonant intervalsHarmonicsPickupsSound boxAudio feedback
5 related topics

Arrangement

Wicki-Hayden note layoutIsomorphic
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Technique

VoicingsDo-re-mi
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Attack
fast
Classification
Lamellophone, Plucked Idiophone
Decay
moderate
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
122.1 (Plucked idiophone)
Timbre
clear, percussive, chimelike
Volume
low

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Arrangement

Technique

Cultural influence

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Array mbira

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples55
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Array mbira

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related to Cultural influence · 18
Array mbira → American TV, Array, Better World, Breaking Bad, Danish Academy Award, Emil Richards, Greg Kurstin, Imogen Heap, In, Mileece, Pharoah Sanders, Ry Cooder, Shannon Terry, Sting, The Array, True Blood, TV, Zakir Hussain
related to Description · 13
Array mbira → Array, Because, Both, Furthermore, Generally, It, Low, Some, Sounds, The, These, They, Two
related to Arrangement · 7
Array mbira → Array, Bill Wesley, It, The, The Array, There, Wicki-Hayden
related to Technique · 7
Array mbira → An, Array, Because, In, The, The Array, This
related to External links · 2
Array mbira → Bill Wesley, Official
Attack · 1
Array mbira → fast
Classification · 1
Array mbira → Lamellophone, Plucked Idiophone
Decay · 1
Array mbira → moderate
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Array mbira → 122.1 (Plucked idiophone)
Timbre · 1
Array mbira → clear, percussive, chimelike

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Array mbiraAttackfast1.00infobox
Array mbiraClassificationLamellophone, Plucked Idiophone1.00infobox
Array mbiraDecaymoderate1.00infobox
Array mbiraHornbostel–Sachs classification122.1 (Plucked idiophone)1.00infobox
Array mbiraTimbreclear, percussive, chimelike1.00infobox
Array mbiraVolumelow1.00infobox
Breaking Badinstance ofThe Array mbira has been used on popular American TV shows0.80text
True Blood as well as the Danish Academy Award winning film In a Better Worldinstance ofThe Array mbira has been used on popular American TV shows0.80text
Array mbirarelated to ArrangementThe0.60section
Array mbirarelated to ArrangementArray0.60section
Array mbirarelated to ArrangementBill Wesley0.60section
Array mbirarelated to ArrangementThe Array0.60section

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