Balafon (Africa Xylophone) 非洲木琴

 

 


Code : TT 06

Introduction :

Balafon (bala, balaphone) is a resonated frame, wooden keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa; part of the idiophone family of tuned percussion instruments that includes the xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel, and the vibraphone. Sound is produced by striking the tuned keys with two padded sticks.

Believed to have been developed independently of the Southern African and South American instruments now called the marimba, oral histories of the balafon date it to at least the rise of the Mali Empire in the 12th century CE. Balafon is a Manding name, but variations exist across West Africa.

簡介：

非洲木琴是一個共鳴框架連木製鍵的西非敲擊體鳴樂器。體鳴樂器中，調音敲擊樂器家庭的一部分包括：木琴、marimba（馬林巴）、鐘琴及 vibraphone。用兩個包上軟墊的棒子敲打鍵，非洲木琴便會發出聲音。

相信非洲木琴是由非洲南部和南美樂器，現在稱為marimba（馬林巴）獨立發展出來。根據口述歷史，非洲木琴至少在公元12世紀的馬里帝國崛起。非洲木琴是 Manding 的名稱，但在整個西非存在變化。

Size :

Length : 33 cm

Height : 8.5 - 11 cm

Made in Ghana, Africa

Sound of Balafon :
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