单词 | lamellophone |
释义 | lamellophonen. Any of a class of traditional African musical instruments consisting of a set of flexible strips of varying length fixed at one end to a sounding board or resonator, the strips being plucked with the thumb and forefingers.The strips can be made of metal, bamboo, wood, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > sansa ambira1625 marimba1856 sansa1864 marimbula1931 likembe1948 mbira1948 thumb piano1952 lamellophone1953 rumba box1953 kalimba1968 1953 Afr. Music Soc. Newslet. No. 6. 51 Lamellophones are common among the Babembe. 1968 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. Jan. 27 With a corpus of 40 cms long and approximately 20 cms wide this instrument [sc. the Sasi] is one of the largest lamellophones found in Africa. 1979 R. Kauffman in J. Blacking & J. W. Kealiinohomoku Perf. Arts 251 The mbira or sanza, a plucked lamellaphone (hand-piano) unique to Africa and African-related areas, presents some unique challenges to those interested in assessing the aesthetic characteristics of African music. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Mar. f7/2 They can..hear the sounds generated by the long metal tongues of a lamellaphone. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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