Instrumentation includes two marimbas, acoustic guitar, bass and percussion.
Musical influences range from Brazil and the Dominican Republic to Mexico and the Andean region of South America. The Children Program. Though the exact origin of the contemporary marimba is up to conjecture, it is known that it has roots in both Central America and East Africa. Musicologists originally believed African slaves brought the marimba to the New World during the 1500s. However, further research has revealed that the indigenous peoples of what is now Mexico and Central America already had their own form of the marimba.