Ethnic Music

noun a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce sound

• The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce musical tones.
• I love the sound of the marimba at the music festival.
• Let's jam out on the marimba together.
• Her words danced across my mind like notes on a marimba.

noun a musical instrument that produces sound by causing a body of air to vibrate, such as a flute or a trumpet

• The flute is classified as an aerophone because it produces sound by vibrating air within a tube.
• I recently started learning how to play an aerophone, and it's been a fun challenge.
• Check out this cool aerophone I found at the flea market!
• His words floated through the room like music from an aerophone.