The marimba ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars (usually made of wood) are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically.
The modern marimba was developed by Japanese, American and German builders based on the Mexican and Guatema...
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The marimba ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars (usually made of wood) are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically.
The modern marimba was developed by Japanese, American and German builders based on the Mexican and Guatemalan traditional marimba.
Modern uses of the marimba include solo performances, woodwind ensembles, marimba concertos, jazz ensembles, marching band (front ensembles), drum and bugle corps, and wind ensemble or orchestral compositions. Contemporary composers have utilized the unique sound of the marimba more and more in recent years, and it is common to find them in new music for wind ensemble, although less so for orchestra.
African marimba music sounds unfamiliar to North American audiences because most of the marimba music played in the...
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