.jpg) Flapamba (from the Emil Richards Collection) | |
| Percussion instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Keyboard percussion |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 111.212 (Sets of percussion sticks) |
| Inventor(s) | Brent Seawell |
| Playing range | |
| F2–C4 or C4–C6 | |
The flapamba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of tuned wooden bars pinched on one side over the node and mounted over resonator boxes. Sliding the bars slightly forward or backward affects their tuning. Unlike the marimba or xylophone, the sound is not as focused tonally. It is a bit more percussive, sounding closer to tuned log drums.[1]
- ^ Strain, James Allen (2017). A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist and Drummer. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-8108-8693-3. OCLC 974035735.