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Idiophone vs Balafon - What's the difference?

idiophone | balafon |

Balafon is a hypernym of idiophone.



As nouns the difference between idiophone and balafon

is that idiophone is any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes while balafon is a wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.

idiophone

English

Noun

(wikipedia idiophone) (en noun)
  • Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes)

    • See also

    * aerophone * membranophone * chordophone * electrophone

    balafon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.

    • Synonyms

    * bala * balaphone

    Hypernyms

    * idiophone

    See also

    * ("balafon" on Wikipedia)