vibraphone
Vibrato metal xylophone
A vibraphone is a percussion instrument resembling a xylophone but with metal bars and motor-driven rotating disks in the resonator tubes that produce a distinctive vibrato.
The player strikes the bars with mallets and controls sustain with a foot pedal.
The instrument is prominent in jazz: The vibraphone solo floated over the rhythm section.
Pitched percussion with bars
- marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument
- glockenspielTuned metal bar percussion
- metallophoneTuned metal bar instrument
- chimesTuned percussion bells
keyboard · mallets · pedal · dampers · motor · rotating · bars · aluminum
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- cool jazzRelaxed 1950s improvisational music
- fusionJoining into unity
Lionel Hampton · comping · solo · gig · standard · ballad · riff · groove
Keep something going continuously
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
ringing · tremolo · warmth · richness · bell-like · silvery · ethereal · dreamy
Struck instrument players
- timpaniTunable orchestral percussion
- concertLive musical performance
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
notation · chamber music · soloist · concerto · repertoire · contemporary music · pit orchestra · symphonic
xylophone
Pitched percussion with bars
- marimbaTuned bar percussion instrument
- glockenspielTuned metal bar percussion
- metallophoneTuned metal bar instrument
chimes · keyboard · mallets · pedal · dampers · motor · rotating · bars · aluminum · percussionist
swing
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- cool jazzRelaxed 1950s improvisational music
fusion · Lionel Hampton · comping · solo · gig · standard · ballad · riff · groove · walking bass
sustain
Keep something going continuously
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
harmonics · ringing · tremolo · warmth · richness · bell-like · silvery · ethereal · dreamy · lush
percussion section
Struck instrument players
score · notation · chamber music · soloist · concerto · repertoire · contemporary music · pit orchestra · symphonic
bell
Hollow resonating instrument
gamelan · tam-tam · cowbell · castanets · claves · woodblock · tubular bells · celesta · steel drum · handbells
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- percussionbass drum, bongos, cajon, drum, congas
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- jazz clubbandstand, house band, jam session, live music, saxophone
- musical instrumentssynthesizer, electric guitar, electric bass, keyboard, theremin
- band gearelectric guitar, bass guitar, drums, drum kit, keyboard
vibraphonemarimba
Tuned bar percussion instrument
xylophone · wood block · woodblock · claves · djembe
vibraphonefiddle
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
banjo · balalaika · gamelan · taiko · didgeridoo
vibraphonexylophone
Pitched percussion with bars
wood block · snare drum · castanets · tambourine · triangle