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	The Harmony Project Musicality Page
		Thus some melodies are based on the three-two form of the clave; others, on the two-three form.Cuban soldiers carried claves in their pockets during the 1898 War of Independence with Spain, ready to accompany guitarists' songs.
		Marimbula: The first bass notes in Cuban son songs were blown from a hole in the side of the big round earthenware bottles used to store cooking oil.
		The marimbula is a cedar wood box with metal tongues bolted to one side and a sound-hole cut above the prongs.
	www.theharmonyproject.com /music.html (1143 words)

	El Congo
		These different timbres were organized into clearly defined, superimposed levels: the bass notes played by the marimbula, a constantly varying or "speaking" part on the bong6s, and a steady time-Iine on the claves that provided a reference point for the other instruments and the vocalists.
		This instrumenral combination was organized into four distinct rhythmic planes: the ostinato and melodic figures of the guitar and tres; the constantly varying improvisations of the bong6; the fixed patterns of maracas and claves; and the syncopated figures of marimbula or bass, which also supplied the harmonic foundation for the vocal.
		As heard on early recordings, the son was usually divided into two sections, an opening melodic part with fixed lytics, called the largo, and a second section, called the montuno, chat featured an improvising sonero answered by a chorus singing a repeated phrase.
	cfaonline.asu.edu /haefer/classes/568/568.papers/2001_4/fay4.html (1407 words)

	Bararumba
		Other typical instruments are the marimbula, a combination of a drum box and an African finger piano, cowbell called a cencerro, claves or sticks, guagua, made from bamboo, maracas or shakers, the osero or bongos and the tres, or Cuban guitar.
		Marimbula Wooden box with metal keys which are plucked.
		Percussionist sits on the marimbula, which has a circular hole in the middle, and plucks the three metal keys to provide a bass accompaniment.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /bararumba.htm (1531 words)

	bellperc.com - kalimba / marimbula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Originating in Africa, this is a wooden box with a sound board that has a number of metal tongues attached to the bridge.
		Three other instruments in the same family are the Sansa and Marimbula and Kalimbaphone.
		The Sansa is a variation of the Kalimba, the Marimbula is a squarer and larger instrument and the Kalimbaphone is a very large version of the thumb piano.
	www.bellperc.com /ethnic/kalimba.htm (128 words)

	The Story of the Marimbula
		marimbulas are said to have been made from orange crates and bed springs.
		marimbula was replaced by the string bass, and a cornet or trumpet was
		marimbula, its traditional role (and a very important role at that) is to
	www.cloudninemusical.com /TheMarimbulaText.html (3768 words)

	Marimbulas (Bass Kalimba)
		Inspired by the African Marimbula, a large resonating chamber with tuned metal keys, the ~Cloud Nine~ Marimbula uses a different shape and tuned wooden keys to produce a sound similar to the plucked upright bass.
		Tuning is precise, and is accomplished by sliding the keys in or out to raise or lower the pitch.
		The ~Cloud Nine~ Marimbula may be held for playing between the knees like a cello, or in any other way that suits the player.
	www.cloudninemusical.com /Marimbulas.html (219 words)

	iB::Topic::Jamaican marumba
		The marimbula is the original bass of the old form of son called changui.
		Another interesting diagnostic marker is the playing attitude assumed by many Caribbean marimbula players with one arm passing underneath the musician's leg, exactly as in Central and East African performance practices.
		This important new orientation reflects both the physical challenges of the VERTICAL layout of the Marimbula's keys as opposed to the horizontal arrangement of Central African lamellaphones, as well as the transculturative influences of West African and European musical concepts that were doubtless projected onto this instrument.
	www.congaplace.com /cgi-bin/board/eng/ikonboard.cgi?s=66b7ffd1d2e3af8482fa6dbc6c2c614c;act=NW;f=4;t=93 (5735 words)

	RedBrazos: Harmonic Marimbula Horn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Marimbula 1: A long way to go »
		Before making my real marimbula, I experimented with several types of twangers.
		I bought some metal rods at the hardware store - but they were too thick to make a good sound.
	www.redbrazos.com /2006/07/harmonic-marimbula-horn.html (157 words)

	Mbira music from by Jomo
		Marimbula Knight - The Marimbula is the weapon of choice for this knight who wishes to capture the hearts of all he meets.
		Marimbula is a member of the Mbira family that is played in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti and across the Caribbean.
		Many a love victim has fallen to the song of the weapon of mass construction.
	jomovibes.com /music (624 words)

	Cuban Marimbula
		The Marimbula belongs to sansa family of idiophones that originated from the Bantu cultures of sub-Saharan Africa.
		Unlike the Kalimba, the Marímbula can be easily tuned and therefor used harmonically as well as rhythmically.
		The Marimbula is basically a large wooden box with holes on the front.
	www.salsablanca.com /ethno/instruments/marimbula (157 words)

	Dandemutande Information Service
		Marimbula (aka Rumba Box in Jamaica) is a caribbean descendant of the West African sanza.
		It is like an mbira, but larger and with a large box resonator (players sit on the box when playing it).
		The only person in the US that I have heard of that makes them is Geno Zenobia, but there might be others.
	www.dandemutande.org /ListserveDisplay.asp?i=1090 (93 words)

	Yusef Lateef, Adam Rudolph and Go: Organic Orchestra, In the Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Marimbula by Munyungo Jackson, hichiriki by Ralph Jones, bansuri by David Philipson, Mr.
		A marimbula is like a kalimba or thumb piano of the bass variety.
		I hear it quite clearly on the first track, "Little Tree." A hichiriki is a Japanese flutey thingy, made of bamboo.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_lateef_inthegarden.html (392 words)

	Claves ~ Salsa Instruments ~ History and Development of Salsa ~ www.justsalsa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Marimbula The marimbulma consists of a wooden box large enough for the musician to sit upon while playing.
		The sound is produced by keys of sheet metal of different sizes which are fastened over the opening and which produce diffrent notes when played with the fingertips.
		The marimbula was brought to Cuba by the French fls that came from Santo Domingo.
	www.justsalsa.com /salsa/music/instruments/marimbula (141 words)

	Cuba and Its Music
		The African slaves introduced the mbira to Cuba and, over the years, it was transformed into the marimbula (see Figure 12).
		However, the marimbula is tuned to lower pitches than the mbira.
		The marimbula is made of a small wooden box with metal prongs attached to it.
	www2.cedarcrest.edu /academic/soc/ccameron/soc215/cuba/cuba.htm (10882 words)

	Kotz : Marimbula
		The Marimbula (mah-REAM-boo-lah) or Bass Kalimba is related to the cajón in origin as well as construction.
		In Cuba, the instrument provided the bass line in a style of music called son (rhymes with tone).
		All Kotz Marimbulas can be ordered with internally mounted pickups.
	www.tonecajon.com /?page=marimbula (147 words)

	LATIN SHHET MUSIC: glossary of terms (page 4)
		A bass descendant of the African finger-piano, the marimbula consists of a wooden box with prongs of metal fastened to it, tuned to play a series of bass notes.
		The marimbula was common in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, as well as in several non-Latin Caribbean islands.
		An old Brazilian dance derived from an earlier local ballroom dance heavily influenced by the early 20th century tango, It was briefly popular in the U.S. around the First World War, but never caught on to any permanent extent.
	www.latinsheetmusic.com /terms4.html (963 words)

	A Glossary of Cuban Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Changui - A precursor of son, played with tres, bongos, marimbula and maracas
		Marimbula - A wooden box with steel strips which, when fingered, produce vibrations.
		Montuno - The rhythmic chorus of a son.
	www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/1999/08/29/935897169.html (160 words)

	OHEK - INSTRUMENTS - MARIMBULA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is very easy to make and smaller versions can be worn round the neck for marching bands.
		The Story of the Marimbula says that the kalimba and other members of the lamellaphone family have been around for centuries.
		The first written mention was 1586, but they are certainly much older than that, possibly originating as portable versions of marimbas or xylophones which were probably brought to Africa in ancient times from south-east Asia, where similar instruments are found today in the gamelan orchestras of Java and Bali.
	www.ohek.co.uk /instruments/marimbula.htm (151 words)

	Dandemutande Information Service
		A marimbula is like a large box kalimba.
		A marimbula can be tuned and used as a bass mbira, as on the Spirit Talk CD.
		In Cuba they are known as Rhumba boxes.
	www.dandemutande.org /ListserveDisplay.asp?i=1094 (81 words)

	CD Review of Carlos Valdes - El Hombre on Mambo Maniacs u/l PM Records, Inc. @ jazzreview.com
		On “El Hombre” Carlos plays his tunable congas, two, three, or four as fits his need as well as maracas congas and maracas.
		Patato is, in addition, a formidable multi instrumentalist with proficiency on marimbula, tres guitar, and bass.
		While he does not play these instruments on this recording the evidence of his melodic skill is apparent on each of these songs.
	www.jazzreview.com /cd/print-16847.html (542 words)

	Amazon.com: La Marimbula (Instrumentos de la Musica Afrocubana): Books: Fernando Ortiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9591002408?v=glance (363 words)

	N. Scott Robinson-World Music and Percussion, Frame Drums, Riq, Tambourines
		In jazz fusion, bassist Paul Jackson played the marimbula with Herbie Hancock in 1973.
		With the offshoot group The Headhunters, Jackson sometimes quoted John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" as a bass figure on the marimbula on recordings such as Survival of the Fittest (1975).
		Perhaps the most mainstream use of the instrument occurs in recordings by the group Earth, Wind and Fire, featuring Maurice White as one of three percussionists.
	www.nscottrobinson.com /mbira.php (4094 words)

	Rock Paper Scissors - Pedro Luis Ferrer, Natural (Escondida) - Press Release
		On Natural, Ferrer picks up right where he left off, tres in hand and again pairing his voice with that of his sonically-entwined daughter
		Percussionist Basilio Perodín plays a “drum set” allowing his hands to play the marimbula (bass thumb piano) and bongos, simultaneously with his feet playing claves and cowbell.
		This combined instrument was created under Pedro Luís Ferrer’s direction over a long period of experimentation.
	www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/271.cfm (535 words)

	DrumsOnTheWeb.com - Manufacturers News - Download your favorite music for drummers and percussionists!
		Drum Key - Manufacturers and Industry News - Amplified Marimbula from Kotz Handbuilt Drums and Percussion
		Kotz Handbuilt Drums and Percussion is pleased to offer internally mounted pickups in all custom built hardwood Marimbulas.
		The system includes a pre-amp and buffer with adjustable settings to dial in your sound.
	www.drumsontheweb.com /DOTWpages/Drumkeypages/manu-newspages/02-manunews/Kotz0207.html (72 words)

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