marimba

• Instrument de musique à percussion composé de lames de bois accordées chromatiquement, chacune munie d'un résonateur, que l'on frappe avec de petites mailloches.

A percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars tuned to a chromatic scale, each with a resonator, and played with small mallets.

1. Percussion instrumentB2formalart

   A musical instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars of different lengths, arranged like a piano keyboard and struck with mallets; it produces a bright, resonant sound.

   marimba

   • The marimba player performed a lively solo.
   • She learned to play the marimba in her school band.
   • The orchestra featured a marimba in the percussion section.
   • He practiced the marimba for hours to perfect the melody.