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-[[File:Marimba One 4000 Series.jpg|thumb|The Marimba One 4000 Series.]]A struck idiophone and xylophone, the marimba is used in many genres of music, such as Jazz, Mexican/Latin, New Classical music, drumcore/marching bands, and percussion ensemble. Marimba samples are also used sometimes in electronic music, should that count. Most marimbas have a range of 4.3, 4.5, or 5 octaves.
+[[File:Marimba One 4000 Series.jpg|thumb|The Marimba One 4000 Series.]]The marimba is a struck idiophone. It has long been used in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia, often in an equiheptatonic or equipentatonic tuning. In more recent times, the marimba has appeared in many genres of Western music, such as Jazz, Mexican/Latin, New Classical music, drumcore/marching bands, and percussion ensemble. Most Western marimbas have a range of 4.3, 4.5, or 5 octaves.
+See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimba.
 == Sound ==