- metallophone
- noun Date: circa 1883 a percussion musical instrument consisting of a series of metal bars of varying pitch struck with hammers
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MÉTALLOPHONE — Terme qui désigne, dans les instruments à percussion, une division de la classe des idiophones (instruments dépourvus de cordes ou de membranes dont le corps solide suffit à produire un son). Ce nom s’applique aujourd’hui à tous les instruments à … Encyclopédie Universelle
Metallophone — Métallophone Le métallophone est un instrument utilisé dans le gamelan. Saron (métallophone i … Wikipédia en Français
Metallophone — Me*tal lo*phone, n. [L. metallum metal + Gr. ? sound.] (Music) (a) An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings. (b) An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic instead of wooden bars. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Metallophone — A metallophone used in a Gamelan Indonesian Embassy in Canberra A metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet. Metallophones have been used in music for hundreds of… … Wikipedia
Métallophone — Un métallophone est un type d instrument à lames de métal, qui se rapproche du vibraphone, du xylophone et du gamelan … Wikipédia en Français
metallophone — /meuh tal euh fohn /, n. any musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of metal bars that may either be struck by hammers operated manually or played with a keyboard. [1885 90; METALLO + PHONE] * * * ▪ musical instrument any… … Universalium
metallophone — noun Any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound … Wiktionary
metallophone — me·tal·lo·phone … English syllables
metallophone — /məˈtæləfoʊn/ (say muh taluhfohn) noun a musical instrument comprising a sequence of tuned metal bars which are struck with a mallet …
metallophone — mə̇ˈtaləˌfōn noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary metall + phone : a percussion musical instrument of definite pitch consisting of a series of graduated metal bars that are struck by hammers either manually or by a mechanical… … Useful english dictionary
