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The idiophones are the percussion group of musical instruments comprised of elastic material capable of generating sound vibrations.
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The ombgwe is a South African flute comprising a hollow nsala fruit joined to a bamboo pipe. The round end is bored with up to four finger holes to affect different pitches, and the instrument is played with one hand, leaving the other hand free for a shaken idiophone.
Research Ombgwe
The sansa is an African plucked idiophone consisting of a number of metal or reed tongues attached by one end only side-by-side to the side of wooden board which serves as a resonator box.. The sound is produced by plucking the free ends of the tongues, and the pitch varied by sliding the tongue backwards and forwards under its fixing bracket.
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