marimba

marimba is a musical instrument or type of musical instrument.

Overview

Idiophone of Bantu origin consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets with resonator pipes below each bar; related to the West African balafon, and spread through the African diaspora to Central America and the Pacific coast of Colombia and Ecuador.

In detail

It is associated with Guatemala and Mexico.

Recorded products are marimba music.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Marimba”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q220971: marimba

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