| 释义 |
‖ sansa|ˈsænsə|
Also sanse, zanza, zanze.
[Marungu (Bantu), ad. Arab. ṣanj, Pers. sinj cymbals.]
An African musical instrument consisting of a wooden box having at the top tongues of bamboo or iron which the performer vibrates with his thumb and forefingers. Cf. Kaffir piano, marimba.
1864C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 14 Nos. 4, 5, and 6 show the notes of three zanzes. 1874― Descr. Catal. Musical Instruments S. Kensington Museum (ed. 2) 297 The zanze, or sansa, is to be found principally among the Negro tribes of upper and lower Guinea. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms., Zanze... Known also by the names of mambira, ambira, marimba, ibeka, vissandschi, in different parts of Africa. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Sanse. 1929N. & Q. Anthropol. (ed. 5) ii. 299 The ‘musical-box’ is an elaborated mechanical analogue of the sansa. 1970Guardian 24 Apr. 9/1 They improvise together on the xylophone, sansas (thumb pianos), guitar, or piano. 1975S. Marcuse Mus. Instruments (rev. ed.) 455/1 Sansa, linguaphone consisting of tuned metal or split-cane tongues fitted to a wooden board or resonator, so that one end of the lamellae can vibrate freely. Sansa is the name of the linguaphone among the Marungu people of the Congo; by extension it has come to be used in a generic sense for all similar instr[ument]s. |