Xylophone

Literally meaning: “the voice of wood”, these instruments are found in many countries of the African continent and south-east Asia and are now common, through introduction into the field of music education and orchestral music, virtually all over the world. From the simplest form of an Amadinda (bare, tuned wooden bars), to selected sets of hardwood with pipe resonators and assemblies on box resonators the xylophones come in various tunings as here in a variety of pentatonic tunings.