The difference between African instruments and modern instruments

African instruments were mostly built by hand like the Balofon it looks like a xylophone,but it's not. It looks like this. The balofon is on the bottom the moder xylopohone is on the top, look how the instruments are different. If you annot see the difference between them I will tell you some differences. On the bottom of the balofon you can see the bottom but on the moder xylophone it is covered. Also the mallets are not the the same, and there is strings on the balofon but not on the xylophone.

Facts about the xylophone and the balofon

xylophone facts

A xylophone