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Originating in southern Mexico, this upright bass is all about the slap ... the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel. Drawing from her roots in traditional ...
It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments – so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as “silk and bamboo”, refers to string and wind musical instruments.