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African Instruments
Music is an exciting part of everyone's life. This glossary is about musical instruments. African instruments to be exact. While some may like the sound of a xylophone, a marimba may peak your interest.

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Mbira

Originally a Zimbabwean instrument, the mbira is also known as the thumb piano. It is an instrument that is made of a wooden gourd, and inside is staggered metal keys. It is part of the idiophone ...

Domain: Music; Category: Music instruments
Marimba

Consisting of wooden gourds as resonators which are hit with mallets, the marimba is a member is the percussion family.Much like the xylophone, it has a broader and lower tonal range and resonators ...

Domain: Music; Category: Music instruments

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These are fascinating instruments. I think the idea of organizing African concert tours around the world will be a big business in the next few years.

09:56, 28 November 2013
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