Hello dear friends!
I propose to link pictures, descriptions... and hearing samples of unusual idiophones in this thread.
Other threads exist already for double reeds, single reeds, brass, strings, and more can come for whatever is desired.
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The lithophone has resonating bars of stone, while the marimba uses wood and the vibraphone metal. It has tubes to amplify the sound, or a box, or nothing. Examples abound in the Net, with varied designs and results. This single one has a light-year advance
notice the distinct stone sound, the long sustain, the uniform sound across the wide range. It results from tenacious and enlightened research
explanations, more instruments, and sounds
Other manufacturer, nice sound too:
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The txalaparta has bars of wood, stone or metal struck with makilak (thick vertical sticks) often by two musicians, and it's typically Basque, good opportunity to hear the language too.
the Maika and Sara Gomez twins are celebrities in Spain
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The balafon has wooden resonators amplified by calabashes or sometimes a box. Record here:
A different sound from an other country:
I propose to link pictures, descriptions... and hearing samples of unusual idiophones in this thread.
Other threads exist already for double reeds, single reeds, brass, strings, and more can come for whatever is desired.
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The lithophone has resonating bars of stone, while the marimba uses wood and the vibraphone metal. It has tubes to amplify the sound, or a box, or nothing. Examples abound in the Net, with varied designs and results. This single one has a light-year advance
notice the distinct stone sound, the long sustain, the uniform sound across the wide range. It results from tenacious and enlightened research
explanations, more instruments, and sounds
gi3vcun-Y0E (the language is Schwyzerdütsch if you wonder)
Other manufacturer, nice sound too:
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The txalaparta has bars of wood, stone or metal struck with makilak (thick vertical sticks) often by two musicians, and it's typically Basque, good opportunity to hear the language too.
the Maika and Sara Gomez twins are celebrities in Spain
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The balafon has wooden resonators amplified by calabashes or sometimes a box. Record here:
A different sound from an other country:
kHaeTGph2Ow at t=15 luthier baragnouma.com
The scale can be pentatonic, diatonic… I heard in the Paris metro a fantastic musician whose scale wasn't a subset of the equal-tempered one. And here's even a chromatic design: