Malimbe Explained

See also: Mbira and Marimba.

The malimbe is a type of xylophone from the Congo^[1] which is described as having both male and female counterparts; the former has 15 wooden bars, the latter has nine.^[2] "Malimbe" also refers to a lamellaphone or mbira type instrument amongst the Nyamwezi of Tanzania.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Anderson, Lois. The Miko Modal System of Kiganda Xylophone Music. 2 vols. Phd Diss. UCLA, 1968.
• Galpin, Francis. A textbook of European musical instruments, their origin, history and character. (reprint) Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1976.
• Kaptain, Laurence. The wood that sings: the marimba in Chiapas, Mexico. Everett, Pa. : HoneyRock, 1992.
• Tracey, Hugh, 'A Case for the Name Mbira' in the African Music Society Journal, no. 3 (1964)
• Wiggins, Trevor and Joseph Kobom. Xylophone music from Ghana. Indiana, IN: White Cliffs Media, 1992.
• Warner Dietz, Betty and Olatunji, Michael Babatunde. (1965). Musical Instruments of Africa: Their Nature, Use, and Place in The Life of a Deeply Musical People. New York: John Day Company.

Notes and References

1. Book: A Companion to American Cultural History. March 2008. Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated. 9780631235668. 102. 1. Karen Halttunen.
2. Web site: Xylophone . Instrument Pages . University of Michigan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010122319/http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/pages/xylo_gnrl.html . October 10, 2008 .
3. Web site: Robinson. N. Scott. Mbira. World Music and Percussion. 14 November 2013. 2004.