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View synonyms for glockenspiel

glockenspiel

[ glok-uhn-speel, -shpeel ]

noun

  1. a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.


glockenspiel

/ ˈɡlɒkənˌspiːl; -ˌʃpiːl /

noun

  1. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glockenspiel1

1815–25; < German, equivalent to Glocken bells + Spiel play
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glockenspiel1

C19: German, from Glocken bells + Spiel play
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Example Sentences

When Puts reaches for percussion instruments, he chooses the sweeter ones — glockenspiel, crotales, chimes, vibraphone — and combines them luxuriously.

The trio are joined by a full band as well by two cellists, four violinists and a glockenspiel.

“She was well-educated, quietly brought up, shy, modest and an accomplished player on the glockenspiel.”

Abensberg's town centre is deeply traditional with cobbled streets and a glockenspiel on the town hall.

From BBC

There’s pointillistic syncopation from marimba, glockenspiel and pizzicato strings, with a backdrop of sustained chords: the ticktock of everyday minutiae held together by the promise of constancy.

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