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Marimba

The marimba (/məˈrɪmbə/ mə-RIM-bə) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the marimba has a lower range. Typically, the bars of a marimba are arranged chromatically, like the…

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Classification
Keyboard percussion
Developed
Mexico, 16th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
111.212 (Set of percussion sticks)

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Mallet technique

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Popular music

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Marimba

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Marimba

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related to Mallet technique · 28
Marimba → Burton, Central American, Circe, Dean Gronemeier, Each, Evan Hause, For, Gary Burton, Japan, Kai Stensgaard, Keiko Abe, Leigh Howard Stevens, Ludwig Albert, Mexican, Modern, Multiple, Musser-Stevens, Other, Paterson, Paterson's
related to Popular music · 27
Marimba → Afro-Colombians, Afro-Ecuadorians, Arthur Lipner, Bobby Hutcherson, Central American, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Dave Pike, Dave Samuels, David Friedman, El Salvador, Gary Burton, Gloria Parker, Guatemala, Honduras, Joe Locke, Mexican, Nicaragua, Notable, Oaxaca
related to Bars · 24
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related to Concertos · 20
Marimba → April, Best Instrumental Soloist, Carnegie Hall, Concertino, Concerto, Darius Milhaud, Frédérique Petrides, Grammy Award, Niel DePonte, Op, Orchestra, Orchestrette Classique, Paul Creston, Performance, Ruth Stuber Jeanne, The, The Concertino, The Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Svoboda, Vibraphone
related to Mexico · 20
Marimba → According, Africans, America, Bustamante, Caballeros, Chiapas, Don Pedro Gentil, Guatemala, Indians, It, Jiquipilas, Mayan, Mexico, November, October, Santa Iglesia Catedral, Santa Lucia, Santa Lucía, Santiago, The
related to Range · 15
Marimba → A2, Bach's, Bass, C2, C3, C7, E2, F2, F3, G1, G3, The, There, This, Useful
related to South America · 15
Marimba → African, Cauca, Chocó, Colombia, Colombian, Ecuador, In, In Colombia, Latin America, Marimba's, Nonetheless, Pacific, The, The Afro-Latino, UNESCO
related to Solos · 13
Marimba → Alejandro Viñao, David Maslanka, Khan Variations, Leigh Howard Stevens, Lost Love, Mitchell Peters, Popular, Rain, Rhythmic Caprice, Sea Refractions, The, Variations, Yellow After
related to Ancient · 12
Marimba → Angola, Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic Republic, Ghana, Gur, However, Instruments, Mandinka, Saharan Africa, The, West Africa
related to Central America · 10
Marimba → Africa, Africans, Castañeda Paganini, Dr, Guatemala, Historian David Vela, In Central America, Maya-quiche, Some, We

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instrument mallets bars also popular marimbas range resonators guatemala first used sound music use playing traditional made grip notes octave

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MarimbaClassificationKeyboard percussion1.00infobox
MarimbaDevelopedMexico, 16th century1.00infobox
MarimbaHornbostel–Sachs classification111.212 (Set of percussion sticks)1.00infobox
Marimbais atype of idiophone.Today0.90text
Marimbais amarimba de chonta0.90text
Marimbais amarimba esmeraldeña0.90text
Marimbais anon-transposing instrument with no octave displacement0.90text
Marimbais amost popular solo keyboard percussion instrument in classical music0.90text
the balafon of the Mandinka peopleinstance ofit is also similar to instruments that exist in West Africa0.80text
known as gyil among the Gur peoples ininstance ofit is also similar to instruments that exist in West Africa0.80text
around northern Ghanainstance ofit is also similar to instruments that exist in West Africa0.80text
Burkina Faso.MexicoThe first known dates back to 1545 in the Santa Lucía haciendainstance ofit is also similar to instruments that exist in West Africa0.80text

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