A multi-timbre ensemble consisting of metallophones, xylophones, flutes, gongs, voices, as well as bowed and plucked strings.
A multi-timbre ensemble consisting of metallophones, xylophones, flutes, gongs, voices, as well as bowed and plucked strings.
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Country of origin: Indonesia
An African bell made of forged iron and comes in various sizes, it is played by with a wooden stick.
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Country of origin: Africa
A percussion instrument with a set of steel bars arranged like the keyboard of a piano. It is played either with two hammers, or with a piano keyboard.
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A flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet.
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Country of origin: Japan
A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side
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Country of origin: Latin America
A stringed instrument with a long neck and a flat, hollow body. Its strings are plucked or strummed with the fingers.
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a large six-stringed, plucked instrument, usually part of a mariachi ensemble
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Country of origin: Latin America