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Mbila

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malimbanounAn African musical instrument of the mbira kind.
ambiranounDated form of mbira (“African musical instrument”). [(music) A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.]
array mbiranoun(music) A type of plucked lamellophone, a Western adaptation of the African mbira.
mbiranoun(music) A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.
gyilnoun(music) A pentatonic instrument of Africa, resembling a xylophone.
likembenounA musical instrument found in sub-Saharan Africa; a kind of lamellophone.
kalimbanoun(music) A type of thumb piano, similar to the mbira.
nanganoun(music) A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
sansanoun(music) Alternative spelling of zanza.. [(music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa.]
bembénounA common bell rhythm in sub-Saharan Africa.
marimbanoun(music) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.
sanzanoun(music) Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.
molimonounA bent trumpet-like musical instrument used in sacred ceremonies among the Baka people.
akalimbanounAn African thumb piano.
gambangnoun(music) A xylophone-like instrument with wooden bars, used in Indonesian gamelan and kulintang music.
balafonnounA wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.
xylorimbanoun(music) A pitched percussion instrument corresponding to a xylophone with an extended range.
zezenounA stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.
ngoma drumnounAny of a set of drums used in Bantu music, traditionally made of wood covered with cow skin.
ngoninounA member of a particular ethnic group of East Africa, mainly living in Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia.

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