17 key fingerboard symbol

The score of 17 key thumb piano is as follows:

Thumb Qin (or kalimba Qin: kalimba) is a national musical instrument with national characteristics in Africa. Thumb piano has different names in different African countries. For example, Kalimba in Kenya is the name of this instrument, while it is called Mbira in Zimbabwe, and the Congolese call it Likembe. It also has three miscellaneous, thumb piano and other names.

It is named mainly because the thumb is used to move the thin pieces on the piano body (mainly made of wood, bamboo and modern developing metals). The traditional thumb piano is made of gourd.

Composition of piano body:

The sounding body of the thumb piano is made of elastic metal strips with different lengths at the top, and the sound box is made of wood or gourd. In the past, the raw material of these metal rods was only metal melted in ore, but now they are made of higher quality steel. Thumb piano has many different shapes, and the number of steel bars is not necessarily.

For example, the thumb piano in Zimbabwe is packed in a round wooden box with 22 to 28 steel bars arranged in two rows. It is said that the music played by this instrument can not only drive away evil spirits in patients, but also pray for rain, so it is one of the most popular instruments in Zimbabwe.