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xylophone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | marimba |
| Type of | percussion instrument, percussive instrument |
| Derivation | xylophonist |
Examples of xylophone
xylophone
The percussion section adds to the glow with marimbas, vibraphone and xylophone.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Ashleigh loved dance and music and played the xylophone in her high school band.
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Scientists yesterday likened the new design to a xylophone or a surfboard rack.
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Nakayama, he was on a Seattle stage, playing the xylophone in an indie rock band.
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The xylophone is a precursor to the vibraphone, which was developed in the 1920s.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Instruments on the table include a xylophone, cymbal, drum and two drumsticks.
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The movement ends with the reflective sound of the glockenspeil and the xylophone.
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Xylophone driven Vampire Weekend album track Walcott bags his first of the season.
From the guardian.co.uk
The xylophone is a tuned idiophone, common throughout west and central Africa.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Marimba: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
- (xylophonist) someone who plays a xylophone
- The xylophone (from the Greek words u03BEu03CDu03BBu03BFu03BDu2014xylon, "wood" + u03C6u03C9u03BDu03AEu2014phu014Dnu0113, "sound, voice", meaning "wooden sound") is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets...
- A musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer
- (Xylophones) Instruments played by angels when their harps are in for repair.
- Percussion instrument consisting of a series of graduated wooden bars that are struck with mallets to produce sound. Xylophones originated in South East Asia, and later became very prominent in African music. ...
- Originally modelled after an African instrument which was given a name Greek that means wood sound. Dagara is the tribe of people living in northwestern Ghana whose use of xylophone in music and dances range from spiritual, religious ritual and traditional funeral music to their recreational ...
- The only thing used in bands that starts with the letter "X".
- An musical instrument that does not appear in Lakia
