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glockenspiel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | orchestral bells |
| Type of | percussion instrument, percussive instrument |
Examples of glockenspiel
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There are also many glockenspiel-like instruments in Indonesiangamelan ensembles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I left the shelter of my guide's umbrella to get a closer look at the glockenspiel.
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Stevens knocks away on glockenspiel as well as drums and Watts adds his oboe.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The vibraphone is similar in appearance to the xylophone, marimba and glockenspiel.
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But on Nov. 2, the old town's towering glockenspiel began playing a new song.
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Romeo and Juliet from inside the glockenspiel Elizabethan clock tower in Stratford.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The Born to Run record itself contains 3 songs that feature the glockenspiel.
From the theatlantic.com
For those not in the know, Bruce's Born to Run record is littered with glockenspiel.
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These Scottish schoolgirls play xylophone, glockenspiel, vibes and timpani.
From the independent.co.uk
- A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
- A glockenspiel [German Glocken (bells) + spielen (to play)] is a percussion instrument, composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. ...
- A musical instrument of the percussion family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch
- An instrument that contains tuned metal bars mounted on a rectangular frame. The glockenspiel is played with mallets.
- German for carillon or chime. (See Voorslag.)
- Also referred to as a Clarillon. Constructed by a set of steel bars that are hit with a mallet to produce bell like sounds. There are two forms. The marching band form is Lyre-like shape and held upright. The mallet style is laid out in a keyboard form like a Xylophone.
- The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument similar in form to the xylophone, but with metal rather than wooden bars for the notes. The instrument appeared only gradually in the concert-hall and opera-house and is found in Handel's oratorio Saul and elsewhere. ...
- (Ger.). A set of bells or steel bars, tuned diatonically and struck with a small hammer. Also, an organ stop having bells instead of pipes.
- Or orchestra bells, is a set of tuned metal bars of different lengths that are arranged like a piano keyboard. The instrument is struck with mallets.
