marimba
a musical instrument, originating in Africa but popularized and modified in Central America, consisting of a set of graduated wooden bars, often with resonators beneath to reinforce the sound, struck with mallets.
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You can see the proof in the dozens of TikTok videos showing kids who hear the marimba tones of its theme song and come running.
Inside the Making of CoComelon, the Children's Entertainment Juggernaut | Alana Semuels | March 16, 2022 | TimeYou'll hear a marimba and dulcimer every so often in this crescendoing collection of stellar four-part harmonies.
In the afternoon we heard marimba-playing; the instrument was called la golondrina and cost the owner forty-three pesos.
In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick StarrOthers assert that the Indians have known the marimba time out of mind, and undoubtedly invented it.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua | Daniel G. BrintonThe Smithsonian Institution contains a good specimen of the marimba.
The Gegence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua | Daniel G. Brinton
One of their chief instruments is the 'marimba' or 'Tyanbilo,' a form of harmonium.
Chatterbox, 1906 | VariousThis form of marimba is also met with amongst the natives of Costa Rica.
Chatterbox, 1906 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for marimba
/ (məˈrɪmbə) /
a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a set of hardwood plates placed over tuned metal resonators, played with two soft-headed sticks in each hand
Origin of marimba
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