The instrument is generally played by men, who learn to play while young, however, there is no restriction on gender.

The term is also popularly used to refer to similar instruments of the lithophone and metallophone types. The Xylophone and Marimba Method book is for beginners and teaches you music theory, how to play a mallet instrument, songs, and exercises. The link below will take you to music for xylophones and other mallet instruments like the marimba and vibraphone.Xylophones used in American general music classrooms are smaller, at about 1 + 1⁄ 2 octaves, than the 2 + 1⁄ 2 or more octave range of performance xylophones. According to musicologist Curt Sachs, Gusikov performed in garden concerts, variety shows, and as a novelty act at symphony concerts. The ensemble leader serves as poet, composer, conductor and performer, creating a text, improvising a melody partially based on the features of the Chopi tone language and composing a second contrapuntal line. They are often used in orchestral music, as well as in marching bands, jazz ensembles, and other musical groups. Two players sit opposite of each other and play the same logs in an interlocking technique in a fast tempo.

The mallets used to play dibinda and mbila have heads made from natural rubber taken from a wild creeping plant. Polydor wanted it on The Scream, but because we felt that it was pretty standalone, we insisted that it not be on the album.

The TINCHOFON is an idea of Ma rtín Casado, Pr ofessor at the University of La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Fixed Baterista of " Lisandro Aristimuño", "T uesday of water". The modern western xylophone has bars of rosewood, padauk, cocobolo, or various synthetic materials such as fiberglass or fiberglass-reinforced plastic which allows a louder sound. The instrument was associated largely with the folk music of Central Europe, notably Poland and eastern Germany. Curtis Heimburger, Josh Polack, and Wilson Reardon, members of the band, met at the Berkeley School of Music. Many of the songs and music here have been arranged by other musicians, so there are many different songs.

With the influence of the culture down there, the instrument underwent some modification and became known as the marimba. A wide array of xylophone designs were developed in Europe including Michael Josef Gusikov’s creation. Our revolutionary sensing and filtering technology enables the Xylosynth™ to bring out the best in your playing.No one knows the exact date, but it’s established that the xylophone made its first appearance in Europe at a certain point during the Crusades. With time, the initial design started to evolve and it featured the addition of resonators at the bottom of the bars to boost the longevity of the generated notes.