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The agidigbo or ‘’’molo’’’ is a large traditional plucked lamellophone thumb piano used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria to play apala music. It is a box, big enough to sit on the musician’s lap, with 4 to 5 strips of metal set up side by side on top like keys on a piano keyboard. The tongues are designed to vibrate. The musicians uses his fingers to pluck them, the left hand plucking the one or two rhythmic tongues, the right hand plucking the three melodic tongues. "The best players use as many fingers as possible." Players also tap the side of the instrument with a thick ring, or the top with their thumbs or knuckles.

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  • The agidigbo or ‘’’molo’’’ is a large traditional plucked lamellophone thumb piano used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria to play apala music. It is a box, big enough to sit on the musician’s lap, with 4 to 5 strips of metal set up side by side on top like keys on a piano keyboard. The tongues are designed to vibrate. The musicians uses his fingers to pluck them, the left hand plucking the one or two rhythmic tongues, the right hand plucking the three melodic tongues. "The best players use as many fingers as possible." Players also tap the side of the instrument with a thick ring, or the top with their thumbs or knuckles. The instruments produces sonorous tones. Because of the Yoruba language’s nature as a tonal language, the agidigbo can act as a musical “speech surrogate”, conveying language through its tones. (en)
  • Agidibô (em iorubá: agidigbo) é um tradicional lamelofone (raspado) usado pelos iorubás da Nigéria. Sua aparência é semelhante a piano; uma corda é usada em volta do pescoço do tocador que, em seguida, apoia ou (braces) o instrumento, cujo corpo é uma caixa retangular de madeira com 18 por 7 polegadas, por seu peito ou na região torácica. O tocador usa um "anel" espessura geralmente o pescoço de uma garrafa, em seu polegar, que ele usa para tocar os lados da caixa de madeira. Ele então usa os dez dedos para arrancar as línguas de metal do instrumento, produzindo tons muito sonoros, como ele acompanha um xequerê, ou waka ou uma banda apalá. (pt)
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  • Agidibô (em iorubá: agidigbo) é um tradicional lamelofone (raspado) usado pelos iorubás da Nigéria. Sua aparência é semelhante a piano; uma corda é usada em volta do pescoço do tocador que, em seguida, apoia ou (braces) o instrumento, cujo corpo é uma caixa retangular de madeira com 18 por 7 polegadas, por seu peito ou na região torácica. O tocador usa um "anel" espessura geralmente o pescoço de uma garrafa, em seu polegar, que ele usa para tocar os lados da caixa de madeira. Ele então usa os dez dedos para arrancar as línguas de metal do instrumento, produzindo tons muito sonoros, como ele acompanha um xequerê, ou waka ou uma banda apalá. (pt)
  • The agidigbo or ‘’’molo’’’ is a large traditional plucked lamellophone thumb piano used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria to play apala music. It is a box, big enough to sit on the musician’s lap, with 4 to 5 strips of metal set up side by side on top like keys on a piano keyboard. The tongues are designed to vibrate. The musicians uses his fingers to pluck them, the left hand plucking the one or two rhythmic tongues, the right hand plucking the three melodic tongues. "The best players use as many fingers as possible." Players also tap the side of the instrument with a thick ring, or the top with their thumbs or knuckles. (en)
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  • Agidigbo (en)
  • Agidibô (pt)
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