vibraphone

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vibraphone Meaning of "vibraphone"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

Synonym(s)

vibraharp

Usage(s):

  1. Within a few years the boy was playing kettledrums, the vibraphone, piano and, by some tall stretching, string bass.
  2. Percussionist and vibraphone player John Navid completed the lineup in 2004.
  3. When he played Moonlight in Vermont, he played the vibraphone with soft-headed sticks, rolling out arpeggios as pretty and cottony as a cumulus cloud.

Quotes

  • "I thought he was joking," says Burton. "I mean, who wants to hear a piano and vibraphone duo?"
    on Jul 24, 2007 By: Gary Burton Source: Jerusalem Post

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