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balos (<xylophones: gourd-resonated>, xylophones, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Xylophones of the Manding people of West Africa, having wood keys thinned on the ends and undersides for tuning and with a gourd resonator beneath each; they are played exclusively by male professional musicians, using a rubber-tipped hammer in each hand and often with bells strapped to their wrists.
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| balos (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| balos (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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| balo (C,U,LC,English,AD,U,SN)
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| balo (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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| balo (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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| balafons (balos) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| balafos (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| balafous (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| balaphons (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| balas (xylophones) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| balofons (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 巴羅琴 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| bā luó qín (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| ba luo qin (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| pa lo ch'in (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| balo's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| Balafon (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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| Bala (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Balafo (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Balaphon (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Balo (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Balafone (C,V,German,NA,PN)
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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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................................................ balos (G) |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 指西非曼丁人的木琴，木鍵的末端和底部較薄，用以調音，每個木鍵下方皆有葫蘆共鳴器。貝羅琴僅由專業男性樂手演奏，他們兩手各持一根橡皮頭槌子演奏，手腕上通常繫有鈴鐺。 |
| Dutch ..... Xylofoons met houten toetsen, dunner aan uiteinden en onderkanten, met voor elke toets een eigen klankbodem van kalebas; bespeeld met twee hamertjes met rubberen kop, het effect aangevuld met geluid van belletjes die de spelers rond de polsen dragen; oorspronkelijk ontwikkeld en bespeeld door de Manding in West-Afrika. |
| German ..... Xylofon der Manding sprechenden Völker in Westafrika mit Klangstäben aus Holz, die sich an den Enden und Unterseiten zur Stimmung des Instrumentes verjüngen; jeder Klangstab ruht auf einem Kalebassenresonator. Das Instrument wird ausschließlich von männlichen Berufmusikern gespielt, mit je einem Gummihammer in jeder Hand und oft mit Glocken an den Handgelenken. |
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[AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, IfM-SMB-PK, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP] |
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Brincard, ed., Sounding Forms (1989) GLOS; balafon |
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CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) bala; balafo; balafou; balafon; balaphon |
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Etnomusicologisch Centrum |
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Marcuse, Musical Instruments Dictionary (1975) balofon |
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Personal Communication Suggested by outside reviewers at AAT review, 2/92; balofon |
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Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) Vol. 1, 117; bala; balafo; balafou; balafon |
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