glockenspiels
Orchestral metal bars
Glockenspiels is the plural of glockenspiel, a percussion instrument consisting of tuned metal bars arranged like a piano keyboard and struck with small hammers.
The bars produce bright, bell-like tones.
Glockenspiels appear in orchestras, marching bands, and children's music education: The glockenspiels rang out during the holiday concert.
Struck metal sound-makers
- malletsHeaded striking tools
- keyboardArray of input keys
- percussionSound through impact
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
xylophone · vibraphone · celesta · chimes · resonators · tuned percussion · pitched · chromatic
Emitting or reflecting light
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
- ringingSustained resonant sound
tinkling · chiming · silvery · clear · high-pitched · bell-like · resonant · ethereal
Educational instruction space
- elementaryOf first principles
- music educationTeaching and learning sound arts
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- lessonsUnits of teaching
practice · method · Suzuki · children · learning · exercises · technique · fundamentals
Mozart's Singspiel masterpiece
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
percussion section · tutti · orchestration · Mahler · Tchaikovsky · pit orchestra · opera · ballet
bells
Struck metal sound-makers
- malletsHeaded striking tools
- keyboardArray of input keys
- percussionSound through impact
orchestra · xylophone · vibraphone · celesta · chimes · resonators · tuned percussion · pitched · chromatic · diatonic
bright
Emitting or reflecting light
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
ringing · tinkling · chiming · silvery · clear · high-pitched · bell-like · resonant · ethereal · delicate
classroom
Educational instruction space
- elementaryOf first principles
- music educationTeaching and learning sound arts
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
lessons · practice · method · Suzuki · children · learning · exercises · technique · fundamentals · student
Magic Flute
Mozart's Singspiel masterpiece
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
arrangement · percussion section · tutti · orchestration · Mahler · Tchaikovsky · pit orchestra · opera · ballet · classical
lyre
Small plucked string instrument
drum corps · field show · halftime · football · pep band · vertical · stadium · uniform · formation · drill
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- percussionbass drum, bongos, cajon, drum, congas
- Orff-Schulwerkxylophones, metallophones, ostinato, pentatonic, pentatonic scale
- military bandsmarching bands, marching band, brass bands, pipe bands, drum corps
glockenspielsbass drums
Largest orchestral percussion
timpani · snare drums · cymbals · tom-toms · bongos
glockenspielssnare drums
Wired cylindrical percussion instruments
cymbals · tom-toms · bass drums · tambourines · woodblocks