Balafon B 非洲木琴 B

 
Code : TT 160

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.

A balafon can be either fixed-key (where the keys are strung over a fixed frame, usually with calabash resonators underneath) or free-key (where the keys are placed independently on any padded surface).

As the balafon cultures vary across West Africa, so does the approach to the instrument itself. In many areas the balafon is played alone in a ritual context, in others as part of an ensemble.

簡介：

非洲木琴是一個共鳴框架連木製音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音鍵，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。

非洲木琴可以是固定音鍵（音鍵串連在一個固定的框架上，通常葫蘆共鳴箱設置於音鍵的下面）或不固定音鍵（音鍵獨立地放置在任何軟墊的表面上）。
由於非洲木琴文化在整個西非都不相同，所以樂器本身的演奏方式都不一樣。在許多地區的儀式中，非洲木琴被用作獨奏；在另一些地區，它則被用作合奏。

Length : 27 x 21 cm

Height : 11 cm

Nos. of Notes : 6

Video of Balafon :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kXXhp_bZvck

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