Malimba is a kind of xylophone, which belongs to percussion instruments.

marimba is a percussion instrument with wooden keys placed on the horn and struck with a mallet to produce melody. Malimba was introduced into Latin America in the 17th and 18th centuries, and later became an Indian musical instrument. Moreover, playing Malimba has become a part of the ceremonies of some Indian tribes.

Malimba is a melodic percussion instrument which is widely popular in the world and deeply loved by people.

Basic playing techniques

Malimba's playing techniques are very complicated, with high skills and great difficulty, and many hammers are used to play melodies and harmonies. In terms of "holding mallets", we should not only master the playing method of two mallets skillfully, but also train the performance of four mallets or even six mallets.

playing skills, including single-tone rotation and rolling, double-tone percussion and rolling, continuous running melody, decorative sound and harmony. With the improvement of piano-making technology, the improvement of musical expression, the emergence of music specially created and adapted for it, and the needs of works and sound texture, the four-hammer and six-hammer playing methods came into being.