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An percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
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vibraphone
Word definitions for vibraphone in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A percussion musical instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1926, a hybrid from vibrato + -phone .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound [syn: vibraharp , vibes ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Not a note seems superfluous in this essay for flute, clarinet in A, vibraphone , piano, violin and cello. ▪ Ralph Moore is on saxophones, Bobby Hutcherson great form on vibraphone .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The vibraphone (also known as the vibraharp or simply the vibes ) is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family. The vibraphone resembles the xylophone , marimba , and glockenspiel . Each bar is paired with a resonator ...
Usage examples of vibraphone.
Green jungle noises, bird calls, vibraphone notes simulating rain, and a girl singing whispery and frail, complaining to whoever would listen that love was transitory, the world in disarray, everything was so very, very sad.
I beat singers, comics, a Negro trombonist and a blind vibraphone virtuoso.