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mbilas (<xylophones: gourd-resonated>, xylophones, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Xylophones of southern Africa with gourd resonators, each having a hole in the side covered by a membrane; when the keys above are struck, the air in the gourds vibrates causing the membranes to sound a buzzing tone.
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| Terms: |
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| mbilas (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| mbila (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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| mbila (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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| timbila (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| mbila's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| Mbila (Xylofon) (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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| Mbilas (Xylofone) (C,V,German,AD,PN)
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| Timbila (Xylofone) (C,V,German,NA,PN)
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| m'bila (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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| balafón (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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| mbira (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TT |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Sound Devices (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ sound devices (equipment) (G) |
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................ <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> (G) |
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.................... idiophones (G) |
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........................ struck idiophones (G) |
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............................ directly struck idiophones (G) |
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................................ percussion idiophones (G) |
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.................................... percussion idiophones: solid-bodied (G) |
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........................................ xylophones (G) |
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............................................ <xylophones: gourd-resonated> (G) |
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................................................ mbilas (G) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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............ <components by specific context> (G) |
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................ sound device components (G) |
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.................... mirlitons (G) |
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........................ mbilas (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Dutch ..... Slaginstrumenten, waarvan de klankbodems bestaan uit kalebassen met een door een trommelvel bedekt gat in de zijkant; bespeeld door het aanslaan van toetsen; Zuidelijk-Afrika. |
| German ..... Xylofon aus Südafrika mit Kalebassenresonator, der ein Loch in der Seite hat, das mit einer Membran bedeckt ist; wenn die Klangplatten darüber angeschlagen werden, vibriert die Luft in der Kalebasse und erzeugt durch das Schwingen der Membran einen summenden Ton. |
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