what is marimba music in ecuador?
The mixture of the indigenous, Spanish and African music and sounds have formed very distinctive music styles that are present today. Ecuador is well-known for marimba, a unique form of music that was introduced by the Esmeraldas. It is a direct and virtually unchanged import from the Western Africa region. Marimba is played on a musical instrument of the same name. The instrument features wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators, and these bars are played with small mallets. Pasillo, pasacalle and yarabi are also very popular forms of music in Ecuador.