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Sansa

The mbira or thumb piano.

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    The mbira or thumb piano.

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sanzanoun(music) Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.
mbilanoun(music) The mbira or thumb piano.
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.
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.
zanzanoun(music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
malimbanounAn African musical instrument of the mbira kind.
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.
kisanjinoun(music) A small plucked lamellophone, originating among the Ngala people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
sambucanounAn Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future).
sansulanounA musical instrument consisting of a kalimba mounted on the head of a drum.
akalimbanounAn African thumb piano.
marimbanoun(music) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.
maskandanoun(South Africa) A style of Zulu folk music, normally played solo.
zanzenounAlternative form of zanza (musical instrument) [(music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa.]
sanshinnoun(music) A three-stringed instrument of Okinawan origin, the precursor to the shamisen.
gyilnoun(music) A pentatonic instrument of Africa, resembling a xylophone.
likembenounA musical instrument found in sub-Saharan Africa; a kind of lamellophone.
valihanoun(music) A form of bamboo tube zither from Madagascar.

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