Malimbe

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For the birds called Malimbe, see Malimbus.
See also: Mbira and Marimba

The malimbe is a type of xylophone from the Congo[1] which is described as having both male and female counterparts; the former has 15 wooden bars, the latter has nine.[2] "Malimbe" also refers to a lamellaphone or mbira type instrument amongst the Nyamwezi of Tanzania.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Karen Halttunen, ed. (March 2008). A Companion to American Cultural History (1 ed.). Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated. p. 102. ISBN 9780631235668. 
  2. ↑ "Xylophone". Instrument Pages. University of Michigan. 
  3. ↑ Robinson, N. Scott (2004). "Mbira". World Music and Percussion. Retrieved 14 November 2013. 

Bibliography

  • Anderson, Lois. The Miko Modal System of Kiganda Xylophone Music. 2 vols. Phd Diss. UCLA, 1968.
  • Galpin, Francis. A textbook of European musical instruments, their origin, history and character. (reprint) Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1976.
  • Kaptain, Laurence. The wood that sings: the marimba in Chiapas, Mexico. Everett, Pa. : HoneyRock, 1992.
  • Tracey, Hugh, 'A Case for the Name Mbira' in the African Music Society Journal, no. 3 (1964)
  • Wiggins, Trevor and Joseph Kobom. Xylophone music from Ghana. Indiana, IN: White Cliffs Media, 1992.
  • Warner Dietz, Betty and Olatunji, Michael Babatunde. (1965). Musical Instruments of Africa: Their Nature, Use, and Place in The Life of a Deeply Musical People. New York: John Day Company.
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