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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1910
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1made of strips of wood glued together and quite convex. The strings are tuned in fifths like those of the violin and the fingering is that of the violin. It is used for melodic passages. Its tone is thin and somewhat nasal, but nevertheless pleasant. The practicable compass of the mandolin is limited to the first octave above E, highest string when it lies open. Beethoven wrote a sonatina for the mandolin, and Mozart employed it for the accompaniment of the serenade "Deh vieni" in "Don Giovanni;" Paisiello in "The Barber of Seville;" and Handel, in "Alexander Balus."
3MANDORA — See mandola.
5MARIMBA or MAHAMBI — Sonorous Substance. Africa. This instrument is variously called mihambi, timbali and balafo, according to the part of the country in which it is found. It is quite common and can boast great favor with the negroes and Kafirs. It consists of any number of bamboo bars from perhaps five to twenty-five, arranged over either a frame or a hollow resonance box. The marimba is usually suspended at the waist by a cord or an arched wooden handle, and is beaten by two rubber tipped sticks.
7MAROUVANE or VALIHA — Plucked Strings. Egypt. This in its most primitive form consists of a tube of bamboo with strips of bark cut between two joints and raised from the surface by small bits of wood placed at both ends of each string. A palm leaf resonator is often added. The point of the leaf and the stem are fastened one to each end of the tube, and the leaf allowed to flare naturally. The more ingenious kinds have wire strings. Found in Madagascar and other regions.
9MATHALA — See mridang.
11MAYURI — See tayuc.
13MBE — Vibrating Membranes. Africa. A drum found in the French Kongo, having a long cylindrical body of wood one end of which is covered with skin.
15MEGYOUNG — Plucked Strings. Burmah. An instrument in which the body is carved to represent a crocodile. The strings are stretched from the head along the belly to
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