embaire

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African interlocking techniques

  • mangolongondo
    In African music: Interlocking

    …music of the amadinda and embaire xylophones of southern Uganda. A special type of notation is now used for these xylophones, consisting of numbers and periods. A number indicates that a player strikes a note; the number refers to the note in the scale, as 5, for example, the fifth…

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