different between xylaphone vs glockenspiel

xylaphone

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glockenspiel

English

Etymology

from German Glockenspiel (lit., bells-play)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??l?.k?n.??pi?l/, enPR: gl?k??n-shp?l'
  • (US) IPA(key): /??l?.k?n.??pil/, /??l?.k?n.??pil/, enPR: gl?k??n-shp?l'
  • (German) IPA(key): [??l?k????pi?l]
  • Hyphenation: glock?en?spiel

Noun

glockenspiel (plural glockenspiels)

  1. (music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone 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.

Derived terms

  • glockenspielist

Related terms

  • chimes
  • carillon

Translations


French

Noun

glockenspiel m (plural glockenspiels)

  1. glockenspiel

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