Umlando we-marimba

Marimba – insimbi yomculo yomndeni wokushaywa. Ine-timbre ejulile, ejabulisayo, ngenxa yokuthi ungathola umsindo ozwakalayo. Insimbi idlalwa ngezinduku, amakhanda enziwe ngenjoloba. Izihlobo eziseduze yi-vibraphone, i-xylophone. I-Marimba ibizwa nangokuthi isitho sase-Afrika.

Ukuvela nokusabalala kwemarimba

Imarimba kucatshangwa ukuthi inomlando weminyaka engaphezu kuka-2000. IMalaysia ithathwa njengezwe lakubo. Esikhathini esizayo, i-marimba isakazeka futhi idume e-Afrika. Kunobufakazi bokuthi kwakusuka e-Afrika lapho ithuluzi lathuthela eMelika.

I-Marimba iyi-analogue ye-xylophone, lapho amabhulokhi okhuni afakwa ohlakeni. Umsindo ukhiqizwa ngenxa yokushaya ibhulokhi ngama-mallet. Umsindo we-marimba unamandla, uminyene, wanda ngenxa yama-resonators, okuyizinkuni, insimbi, amathanga amisiwe. Yenziwe ngokhuni lwaseHonduran, i-rosewood. Insimbi ishunwa ngesifaniso nepiyano yekhibhodi.

Umculi oyedwa, ababili noma ngaphezulu bangadlala i-marimba ngesikhathi esisodwa, besebenzisa izinti ezi-2 kuye kweziyisi-6. Imarimba idlalwa ngezidladla ezincane, ezinenjoloba, ukhuni namathiphu epulasitiki. Ngokuvamile, amathiphu asongwe ngemicu eyenziwe ukotini noma uboya. Umculi, esebenzisa izinhlobo ezahlukene zezinti, angathola i-timbre ehlukile yomsindo.

Inguqulo yasekuqaleni ye-marimba ingazwakala futhi ibonakale ngesikhathi sokudlalwa komculo wesintu wase-Indonesia. Izingoma zohlanga lwabantu baseMelika kanye nezase-Afrika nazo zigcwele umsindo waleli thuluzi. Ububanzi bensimbi buyi-4 noma 4 kanye ne-octave engu-1/3. Ngenxa yokuthandwa okukhulayo, ungathola i-marimba enenani elikhulu lama-octave. I-timbre ethile, umsindo othulile awumvumeli ukuthi afakwe kuma-orchestra.

Umsindo wemarimba emhlabeni wanamuhla

Umculo wezemfundo ubulokhu usebenzisa i-marimba ezingomeni zawo emashumini eminyaka adlule. Ngokuvamile, kugcizelelwa ezingxenyeni ze-marimba ne-vibraphone. Le nhlanganisela ingazwakala emisebenzini yomqambi waseFrance uDarius Milhaud. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, abaculi abanjalo nabaqambi abanjengoNey Rosauro, uKeiko Abe, u-Olivier Messiaen, uToru Takemitsu, uKaren Tanaka, uSteve Reich benza okukhulu ekumemezeleni marimba.

Emculweni we-rock wanamuhla, ababhali bavame ukusebenzisa umsindo ongavamile wensimbi. Kwenye yezingoma zeRolling Stones ezithi “Under My Thumb”, engomeni ethi “Mamma Mia” ka-ABBA nasezingomeni zikaQueen, ungezwa umsindo wemarimba. Ngo-2011, uhulumeni wase-Angola waklomelisa usosayensi kanye nembongi u-Jorge Macedo ngeqhaza lakhe ekuvuseleleni nasekuthuthukisweni kwaleli thuluzi lomculo lasendulo. Imisindo ye-Marimba isetshenziselwa ukuncenceza kumafoni esimanje. Abantu abaningi abakuqapheli. E-Russia, umculi uPyotr Glavatskikh uqophe i-albhamu ethi "Unfound Sound". Kulapho edlala khona ngobuciko imarimba. Kwelinye lamakhonsathi, umculi wenza imisebenzi yabaqambi abadumile baseRussia nabaculi kumarimba.