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glockenspiel
[ glok-uhn-speel, -shpeel ]
noun
- 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
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers
Word History and Origins
Origin of glockenspiel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of glockenspiel1
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.
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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