Definitions for Xylophone
ˈzaɪ ləˌfoʊnxy·lo·phone

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marimba, xylophonenoun

   a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

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1. Xylophonenoun

   (Mus.) Originally, an instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers; now any similar musical instrument composed of a series of bars of graduated length. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.

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1. xylophonenoun

   a musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer.

   All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

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1. xylophone

   A xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Each bar corresponds to a specific musical note, allowing the player to perform melodies. The bars are usually arranged like the keys of a piano, and today, most xylophones have resonator tubes beneath the bars to amplify and sustain the sound.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Xylophonenoun

   an instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle

2. Xylophonenoun

   an instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood

3. Etymology: [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]

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1. Xylophone

   The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale, whether pentatonic or heptatonic in the case of many African and Asian instruments, diatonic in many western children's instruments, or chromatic for orchestral use. The term may be used generally, to include all such instruments, such as the marimba and balafon or, more specifically, to refer to an orchestral instrument of somewhat higher pitch range than the chromatic marimba. It is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to the similar lithophone and metallophone, instruments of the glockenspiel or pixiphone type. The semantron or semanterion, also called a xylon is a percussion instrument used in monasteries to summon monks to prayer or at the start of a procession.

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1. Xylophone

   zī′lō-fōn, n. a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, which are rested on straw, and are struck by wooden hammers. [Gr. xylon, wood, phōnē, a voice.]

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for Xylophone »

1. oxyphenol

How to pronounce Xylophone?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Xylophone in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Xylophone in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Xylophone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Xylophone
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Xylophone
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Xylophone
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Xylophone
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Xylophone
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Xylophone
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Xylophone