Marimba Beats

African Music, Function Band and Party Band - Johannesburg & Cape Town
Marimba Beats

 

Exclusive Show.

This is not just a Marimba band.

30, 45 or 1 hour sets.

This show is full of energy, smiles, beats and fun. Ideal for a welcome show or something to get your programme started.

Depending on the size of your venue, we can scale the performance to fit.

More:

The Marimba is an idiophone that is sounded by striking wooden bars with a mallet. Its name is derived from Bantu languages in which "rimba" suggests a "flattish object sticking out" such as a note or key, and "ma" is a cumulative prefix; thus, "marimba" is equivalent to many keys.

The origin of the Marimba is uncertain; some believe that it had originated in South East Asia by the 14th Century, and others that it came from Africa. The instrument was brought to South America in the early 16th Century by either African slaves or by pre-Columbian African contacts.

These traditional Marimbas are still made in rural villages, mainly in Guatemala and Mexico, and are usually played either by attaching the instrument to a frame with wooden legs or by hanging it from the player’s waist. Early Marimbas were made of wooden bars or keys, with resonating gourds suspended below. Each gourd was individually tuned to the primary pitch of its corresponding key. The gourd was interiorly fitted with a mirliton or natural membrane (tripa de puerco) which created the buzzing or reverberating sound for which the Marimba is known.

The result is a rounded catchy and ordinal sound.

Within our show, we use music, local entertainers and careful routing to ensure an extremely memorable performance.

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