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How do you build the balafon?
you play the balafon by using the wooden sticks or using drum sticks with rubber ends :)
How does a balafon work?
A Balafon is a wooden xylophone. The instrument is made from a bene wood and can be created as fixed-key or free that can produce 18-21notes.
What is a Balafon?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BalafonThe balafon, or bala is a West African percussion instrument from the idiophone family. Much like the glockenspiel, marimba and xylophone, the bala's sound is made when the musician strikes one or more pitched bars, using rubber-tipped mallets or plain wooden sticks; the bala, however, differs from the aforementioned instruments because it features a series of empty gourds that rests directly below the bars, thus amplifying the notes.Although the balafon is an indigenous production, prior to colonization, it was simply known as bala. In order to liken the bala to the xylophone, the instrument's name was anglicanized as balafon.
How is balafon played?
The Balafon is made from bars of wood that make a sound when they're struck.
What is a balaphone?
A balaphone is another term for a balafon - a wooden-keyed percussive instrument of West Africa, struck with two padded sticks.
What does the balafon sound like?
Like a glockenspiel (both are made of wood) but each note has a sort of echo provided by the gourd underneath. It's a really pleasant sound!
What are untuned instruments?
The timpani is a percussion instrument that can be tuned with a foot pedal.
What is the most popular instrument used by the African slaves?
The instruments used in west Africa are drums,balafon,kora,and the ngoni.
Title of movies with family in the title?
Some movies that have family in the title are The Family, In the Family, The Family Stone, The Family Man, and The Family That Preys. Another film that has family in the title is The Addams Family.
Who are the richest fifty families in Jordan?
Here is a list of fifty richest families in Jordan. Al-Masri Family, Abu-Ghazaleh Family, Al-Sayegh Family, Al-Manaseer Family, Shoman Family, Sukhtian Family, Darwazeh Family, Malhas Family, Al-Kurdi Family, Gargour Family, Nuqul Family, Shaheen Family, Kawar Family, Muasher Family, Khawaja Family, Miqdadi Family, Dajani Family, Salfiti Family, Dahleh Family, Abu-Jaber Family, Hourani Family, Khawaja Family, Miqdadi Family, Hijazi Family, Ghousheh Family, Al-Qadi Family, Al-Khalili Family, Fakhoury Family, Jardaneh Family, Murad Family, Abu-Khader Family, Tantash Family, Al-Tabbaa Family, Al-Husseini Family, Abu Al-Ragheb Family, Badran Family, Al-Rasekh Family, Haddad Family, Al-Qawasmi Family, Imseeh Family, Elayyan Family,Al-Faouri Family, Al-Fayez Family, Al-Talhouni Family, Al-Kalouti Family, Abu-Khadeejah Family, Al-Sharif Family, Al-Bilbeisi Family, Abu Al-Haj Family, Al-Talhouni Family, Al-Kalouti Family, Abu-Qura Family, Al-Alami Family, Al-Bukhari Family.
What TV shows have the word family in the title?
Family Matters, Family Guy, Family Ties, All in the Family, Addam's Family
Is it you and your family or your family and you?
You and your family
