African musical instruments, most of which are the same, are widely distributed everywhere, but their structures are slightly different. For example, the representative African musical instrument, Sanza, not only has different names in different places, but also the vibrating plates tied to it are mostly metal, and some areas are wood; Its buzzer can be made of wooden boxes or gourds. Another main feature is the complex sound world, where music and noise are mixed together. When a loose band plays, not only its body will vibrate, but also the bells and scrapers around the instrument and on the wrist ring will vibrate; The xylophone also has a small hole in the speaker under each key, and a film is attached to it to make a buzz.

The distribution of African musical instruments is roughly as follows: there are tubular and container-shaped flutes (mostly horizontal flutes), horns, horns (ivory, horns, wood, etc. ) and other musical instruments, such as harp, guzheng, lute and other stringed musical instruments (some originated in Arabia), as well as barrel-shaped, barrel-shaped drums, scraper, chime, split tree drum and so on.

Yoruba's "Talking Drum"

In Central Africa, there are chanting instruments (usually tied to one end of an oval thin plate with a string, which swings in the air to make a sound, and is also a "pronunciation prop"), clarinets, flutes, trumpets, pipes and oboes, African wooden trumpets, particularly conspicuous musical bows (many kinds, usually "mouth bows" played with the mouth) and lira instruments, and there are many kinds. In particular, drums can imitate tonal speech (melodic speech in daily conversation), as the so-called "talkingdrum", which is an important thing to convey will and judgment.

African wooden cross-blow horn

The musical instruments in East Africa are roughly the same as those in West Africa.

The musical instruments in South Africa are the same as those in West Africa, especially the stringed instruments (Gora, plucked instrument, Zhang 2 1 string, and * * * instrument is a gourd, and blowing air on the string makes it vibrate and pronounce). Xylophone and musical bow come in many forms.