Kalimba is a modern version instrument of the African mbira, and it is also known as Thumb Piano. Kalimba can be a solo instrument or as an accompaniment to singers, musicians and dancers. It is consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs. The mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellaphone family, and part of the idiophone family of musical instruments.