Xylophone

Word XYLOPHONE
Character 9
Hyphenation xy lo phone
Pronunciations /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/

Definitions and meanings of "Xylophone"

What do we mean by xylophone?

A percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars that are graduated in length to sound a chromatic scale, played with two small mallets. noun

A musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, often supported on bands of straw, and sounded by means of small wooden hammers or by rubbing with rosined gloves. The tone is often agreeable and effective. Also gigelira, sticcada, and strawfiddle. noun

An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle. noun

An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood. noun

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. noun

A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets noun

Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

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The word "xylophone" in example sentences

More importantly, I believe the xylophone is a painfully under-utilized instrument. ❋ LuLu (2008)

The xylophone is a species of harmonica composed of strips or cylinders of wood, struck with two little hammers. ❋ Unknown (1923)

David, another interesting part in the studio version of "Tell It To The Rain" that you might have noticed is the xylophone, which is duplicated by the guitar in the introduction of ❋ Unknown (2008)

I vomited at the thought of one more weirdie-beardy, ski-cap-wearing indie band shoving a glockenspiel in my face (and can we knock it off and just call it a "xylophone" maybe already?), and at first listen I'll have to confess at having no great jones to have another round of this. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You cannot blame people if they cannot manage such compl ... "dm10003 said:" i think the xylophone is a subliminal cu m shot of ridicule by the producers. good thing the soul is ... " ❋ Unknown (2009)

He re-worked The Zombies' "This Will Be Our Year" via xylophone, covered Roxy Music's "More Than This," and, in what was the highlight of my week, unexpectedly turned an audience suggestion "Born in the U.S.A." into a Prince medley. ❋ Isabelle Davis (2011)

A six-story-high microtonal xylophone that can produce smaller intervals between achievable tones than are heard when playing conventional Western musical scales. ❋ George Heymont (2010)

Western keyboard and hammered instruments have go from low to high as you move to the right — I believe the xylophone-like instruments in gamelan orchestras are like this too — which means that the more technically difficult lines are more often played with the right hand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cupcake chair and table, ice cream bar bench, and xylophone table by Jellio. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Fassery Diabate on balafon , which is an African kin to a xylophone, and Mr. Segal on cello, double Mr. Sissoko's stately lines. ❋ Jim Fusilli (2011)

First, "neutrality" means simply that everything on the Internet must travel at the same speed, whether it's the Bluetooth device that connects my cardiac monitor to a hospital or a kid downloading a video of a cat playing the xylophone. ❋ Everett Ehrlich (2011)

Ah yes, the landscape is poor and there is more concrete than anyone needs but we have music that involves more than a xylophone and we can buy groceries at all national chains as well as the various mercados sprinkled about the city .. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We were awakened each morning by a Filipino steward playing a xylophone while calling out "First call for breakfast." ❋ Unknown (2011)

The instrumental passages allowed all the musicians to solo, with no more emphasis on such traditional instruments as balafon a wooden-keyed xylophone and congas than electric guitar and bass. ❋ Mark Jenkins (2011)

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