Balafon: kuyini, ukwakheka kwensimbi, umsindo, ukusetshenziswa

Wonke umuntu ovela enkulisa ujwayelene ne-xylophone - insimbi ehlanganisa amapuleti ensimbi amasayizi ahlukene, okudingeka uwashaye ngezinti. Abantu base-Afrika badlala i-idiophone efanayo eyenziwe ngokhuni.

Idivayisi nomsindo

Insimbi yomculo eshaywayo inephimbo elithile. Kunqunywa ubukhulu nobukhulu bamabhodi ahlelwe ngokulandelana. Zinamathiselwe ku-rack futhi phakathi kwazo ngezintambo noma amabhande esikhumba amancane. Amathanga anobukhulu obuhlukene alengiswa ngaphansi kwepulangwe ngalinye. Ingaphakathi lemifino liyahlanzwa, imbewu yezitshalo, amantongomane, imbewu ithululelwa ngaphakathi. Amathanga asebenza njengama-resonators; lapho induku ishaywa epulangeni, kuzwakala umsindo okhencezayo. I-Balafon ingaba namapuleti angu-15-22.

Ukusebenzisa

I-idiophone yokhuni idumile emazweni ase-Afrika. Idlalwa eCameroon, Guinea, Senegal, Mozambique. Ibekwe phansi. Ukuze aqale ukudlala, umculi uhlala eduze kwakhe, athathe izinti zokhuni.

Basebenzisa i-xylophone yase-Afrika solo futhi behlangene nama-dunduns, i-djembe. Emigwaqweni yasemadolobheni ezwekazi lase-Afrika, ungabona abaculi abazulazulayo becula izingoma, behambisana ne-balafon.