WATCH | How to build a marimba – part 3 of 4

Music In Africa Foundation's picture
By Music In Africa...
13 Sep 2017 - 18:05
ZA

In 2016, the Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) invited participants from across the African continent to take part in a series of Instrument Building and Repair Workshops. The intensive weeklong training sessions armed the trainees with skills on how to build from scratch a number of musical instruments, namely the marimba, dulcimer and umakhweyana.

  • The workshop was attended by participants from across Africa.

By filming the sessions, the MIAF has ensured that the knowledge shared by the workshop facilitators and trainers is never lost, with both aspiring and already established instrument makers now given the opportunity to learn the secrets of building their own instruments from the comfort of their screens.

In How to Make a Marimba part 3 of 4, workshop trainer and marimba expert Christian Carver looks at how to shave the wooden bars of the African xylophone just the right way to play the correct notes.

Watch the video below:

Instrument Building and Repair Project
marimba
Share to newsfeed
Advert
ACCES 2024 showcases
Apply for showcases

Most popular

Top amapiano songs of 2024
Top South African songs of 2024
Open call: National School of the Arts internship in SA
Listen to Wizkid’s new single Kese (Dance)
Open call: Field researchers in Senegal
ACCES 2024 hosts successful songwriting camp in Kigali

See all

Related articles

Comments

Log in or register to post comments