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balos (<xylophones: gourd-resonated>, xylophones, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Xylophones of the Manding people of West Africa, having wood keys thinned on the ends and undersides for tuning and with a gourd resonator beneath each; they are played exclusively by male professional musicians, using a rubber-tipped hammer in each hand and often with bells strapped to their wrists. |
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balos (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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balos (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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balo (C,U,LC,English,AD,U,SN)
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balo (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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balo (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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balafons (balos) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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balafos (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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balafous (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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balaphons (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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balas (xylophones) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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balofons (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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巴羅琴 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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bā luó qín (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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ba luo qin (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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pa lo ch'in (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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balo's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Balafon (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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Bala (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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Balafo (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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Balaphon (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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Balo (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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Balafone (C,V,German,NA,PN)
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................ <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> (G) |
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............................................ <xylophones: gourd-resonated> (G) |
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................................................ balos (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 指西非曼丁人的木琴,木鍵的末端和底部較薄,用以調音,每個木鍵下方皆有葫蘆共鳴器。貝羅琴僅由專業男性樂手演奏,他們兩手各持一根橡皮頭槌子演奏,手腕上通常繫有鈴鐺。 |
Dutch ..... Xylofoons met houten toetsen, dunner aan uiteinden en onderkanten, met voor elke toets een eigen klankbodem van kalebas; bespeeld met twee hamertjes met rubberen kop, het effect aangevuld met geluid van belletjes die de spelers rond de polsen dragen; oorspronkelijk ontwikkeld en bespeeld door de Manding in West-Afrika. |
German ..... Xylofon der Manding sprechenden Völker in Westafrika mit Klangstäben aus Holz, die sich an den Enden und Unterseiten zur Stimmung des Instrumentes verjüngen; jeder Klangstab ruht auf einem Kalebassenresonator. Das Instrument wird ausschließlich von männlichen Berufmusikern gespielt, mit je einem Gummihammer in jeder Hand und oft mit Glocken an den Handgelenken. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ..... |
[AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, IfM-SMB-PK, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP] |
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Brincard, ed., Sounding Forms (1989) GLOS; balafon |
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CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) bala; balafo; balafou; balafon; balaphon |
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Etnomusicologisch Centrum |
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Marcuse, Musical Instruments Dictionary (1975) balofon |
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Personal Communication Suggested by outside reviewers at AAT review, 2/92; balofon |
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Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) Vol. 1, 117; bala; balafo; balafou; balafon |
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