Editing Xylophone (section)

====Akadinda, amadinda and mbaire====
The '''akadinda''' and the '''amadinda''' are xylophone-like instruments originating in [[Buganda]], in modern-day [[Uganda]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/11339/akadinda|title=akadinda (musical instrument)|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=27 April 2009}}</ref> The amadinda is made of twelve logs which are tuned in a pentatonic scale. It mainly is played by three players. Two players sit opposite of each other and play the same logs in an interlocking technique in a fast tempo. It has no gourd resonators or buzzing tone, two characteristics of many other African xylophones.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/650990/xylophone#ref=ref289735|title=xylophone (musical instrument) |encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=25 April 2009}}</ref>

The amadinda was an important instrument at the royal court in Buganda, a Ugandan kingdom. A special type of [[musical notation|notation]] is now used for this xylophone, consisting of numbers for and periods.<ref name="britannica1">{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/719112/African-music/57086/Interlocking#ref=ref519777|title=African music :: Interlocking|encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=25 April 2009}}</ref> as is also the case with the '''embaire''', a type of xylophone originating in southern [[Uganda]].<ref name="britannica1"/>