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In the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, a form of glockenspiel is called a bell lyre, bell lyra, or lyra-glockenspiel. [11] The bell lyre is a form of glockenspiel commonly used in marching bands. [12] One variation is played vertically and has an extendable spike that is held on a strap.
J. C. Deagan, Inc. is a former musical instrument manufacturing company that developed and produced instruments from the late 19th- to mid-20th century. It was founded in 1880 by John Calhoun Deagan and initially manufactured glockenspiels.
The piece is scored for glockenspiels, marimbas, metallophone (vibraphone without resonator fans), women's voices, and organ, and runs about 17 minutes. The piece is in four sections, played without a break, marked off by changes in key and meter: 1) F dorian, in 3 4 time; 2) A ♭ dorian, in 2 4; 3) B ♭ minor, in 3 4; and 4) D ♭, in 3 4.
When this cymbal is struck with a beater (most usually a soft beater), it produces a myriad of sounds with no single overruling note. One can distinguish the two by ear by following a simple method. A gong sounds like a slightly muffled church bell , producing a soft but clear note, whereas the tam-tam sounds much more like a large metal object ...
The larger Pixiphones had a 'raiser-bar' which could be used to end a note abruptly, rather than letting the sound fade naturally. Although marketed as a children's toy , the Pixiphone could be tuned pitch-perfect and was very robust, resulting in many children using them at British schools for music instruction, [ 1 ] and occasional use on ...
A rest is the absence of a sound for a defined period of time in music, or one of the musical notation signs used to indicate that. The length of a rest corresponds with that of a particular note value, thus indicating how long the silence should last. Each type of rest is named for the note value it corresponds with (e.g. quarter note and ...
The keyboard glockenspiel (French: jeu de timbre) or organ glockenspiel [clarification needed] is an instrument consisting of a glockenspiel operated by a piano keyboard. It was first used by George Frideric Handel in the oratorio Saul (1739).
The note C 4 written down produces: Comment Accordion: D ♭ piano accordion D ♭ 4: Bass accordion: C 2: Arpeggione: C 2 /C 3: Bagpipe Great Highland bagpipe: variable D ♭ 4 - D 4: A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D ♭ 4 (referred to as B ♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C).