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Percussion instrument
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glockenspiel
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A glockenspiel (, Glocken : bells and Spiel : set) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano . In this way, it is similar to the xylophone ; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glockenspiel \Glock"en*spiel`\, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.] (Music) An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers [syn: orchestral bells ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The tone of the celesta is very clear, and much rounder and less tinkling than that of the glockenspiel .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1825, from German Glockenspiel , literally "play of bells," from Glocke "bell" (see clock ) + Spiel "a play."
Usage examples of glockenspiel.
Helmholtz, singing, marching in place, would become flag twirlers, drummers, brasses, woodwinds, glockenspiel and all.
Helmholtz, singing, marching in place, would become flag twirlers, drummers, brasses, woodwinds, glockenspiel and all.
The glockenspiel seemed to dominate, its bright tones filling the place in the composition that Riker considered the property of the brass section.
Actually pounding on the glockenspiel, riveting the bridge together, or trying to figure out why the computing machine wasn’.
Bobby's platoon can hear the thumpity-thump of the big drums and the piercing noises from piccolos and glockenspiels but he can't follow the tune.
Bobby’s platoon can hear the thumpity-thump of the big drums and the piercing noises from piccolos and glockenspiels but he can’t follow the tune.
The three musicians had an amazing array of instruments, from archaic strung guitars and similar items she couldn't name, to electric and fiber-optic versions of the same, synths, glockenspiels, marimbas, electronic and acoustic drums and ethnic percussion and a dizzying collection of other gear including a hammer dulcimer.
Probably half an hour goes by before he hits upon the idea of discarding his glockenspiel, which is, after all, just getting in the way.