A marimba is a xylophone-like percussion instrument played with mallets.

Marimba may also refer to:

Instruments

  • Glass marimba, a type of idiophone also known as a vitrephone or crystallophone
  • Marimba (lamellophone), a plucked box instrument also known as the marímbula
  • Marimba Lumina, a MIDI controller that lets a musician play music via a control surface based on the layout of a marimba
  • Marimbaphone, a tuned percussion instrument similar to the marimba, which can also be played with a bow
  • Marimba-xylophone, another name for xylorimba, a pitched percussion instrument corresponding to a xylophone with an extended range

People

Individuals
  • Marimba Ani, anthropologist and African Studies scholar
  • Marimba Roney (born 1976), Swedish journalist and television host
Groups
Other

Science

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Marimba
  • Marimbault, a commune in France
  • Mbira, a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe
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