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marimba

noun

ma·​rim·​ba mə-ˈrim-bə How to pronounce marimba (audio)
: a xylophone of southern Africa and Central America with resonators beneath each bar
also : a modern form of this instrument
marimbist noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The timbres of piano and marimba are very different, yet the combination is richly sensual. Tim Page, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Tired cyclists were also greeted by snacks, hydrating beverages, a live marimba band and a small bicycle repair shop that offered free services. oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022 Others played drums and marimba, a traditional instrument of wooden bars played using mallets. Farai Mutsaka, ajc, 17 July 2022 At a nearby table, Boris Mellado, 50, his wife, Mardy, 47, and his mother-in-law, Berta Mendez, 71, watched a marimba band set up for a live performance. Ruben Vives Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2021 Hailing from Mexico City, Son Rompe Pera is quite likely the only band around that uses a marimba as its lead instrument while fusing punk, garage-rock and Jamaican ska with Colombian cumbia music. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022 The area includes a wheelchair-accessible labyrinth, a wooden marimba to stimulate auditory senses, and raised copper animals on the benches for kids to touch. Anthony Cammalleri, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 The album also featured the 16-stringed surrogate kithara, the 847-pound marimba eroica and other one-of-a-kind instruments created and built by the late composer Harry Partch. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022 The drum and marimba pound while the suns dance, change color and even dangle menacingly over the audience—their combined heat makes the Earth burn and die. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu marimba xylophone

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of marimba was in 1704

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