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With hypnotic thumb pianos, raspy turntables, upbeat percussion, and spirited performances from the Amazones, Musow Danse begins by leaning into its themes of empowerment and celebration.
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Chinonso Ihekire, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
The instructors walked in circles around me, moving closer and farther from my ears, hitting bowls, wind chimes, a rain stick, a thumb piano, and a tambor oceánico, an instrument filled with pellets that made a sound like breaking waves.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
Zikina, the world music band consisting of guitarist and percussionist Mike Cardozo, bassist Roston Kirk, drummer Kade Parkin and Uganda instrumentalist Gideon Ampeire, who has built his own zither and thumb piano.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2022
The ensemble’s concerts are performed with pure voices augmented by minimalistic percussion, traditional instruments such as the Mbira (thumb piano), and organic, authentic dance movements.
—baltimoresun.com, 27 Jan. 2022
Here’s a kalimba, an African thumb piano with metal tines that plink like a music box.
—Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021
Cowell was among the first jazz musicians to make prominent use of the kalimba, a thumb piano from southeastern Africa.
—Giovanni Russonello New York Times, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
Engineers have developed a sensor to test for real medicine based on an unusual source: a musical instrument known as the mbira, also known as a thumb piano.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2018
These little thumb pianos seem to crop up on every shelf and mantel.
—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
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Chinonso Ihekire, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
The instructors walked in circles around me, moving closer and farther from my ears, hitting bowls, wind chimes, a rain stick, a thumb piano, and a tambor oceánico, an instrument filled with pellets that made a sound like breaking waves.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
Zikina, the world music band consisting of guitarist and percussionist Mike Cardozo, bassist Roston Kirk, drummer Kade Parkin and Uganda instrumentalist Gideon Ampeire, who has built his own zither and thumb piano.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2022
The ensemble’s concerts are performed with pure voices augmented by minimalistic percussion, traditional instruments such as the Mbira (thumb piano), and organic, authentic dance movements.
—baltimoresun.com, 27 Jan. 2022
Here’s a kalimba, an African thumb piano with metal tines that plink like a music box.
—Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021
Cowell was among the first jazz musicians to make prominent use of the kalimba, a thumb piano from southeastern Africa.
—Giovanni Russonello New York Times, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
Engineers have developed a sensor to test for real medicine based on an unusual source: a musical instrument known as the mbira, also known as a thumb piano.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2018
These little thumb pianos seem to crop up on every shelf and mantel.
—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
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“Thumb piano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumb%20piano. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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