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The range of the marimba has been gradually expanding, with companies like Marimba One adding notes up to F above the normal high C (C 7) on their 5.5 octave instrument and marimba tuners adding notes lower than the low C on the 5 octave C 2. Adding lower notes is somewhat impractical; as the bars become bigger and the resonators become longer ...
Like the glockenspiel, the xylophone is a transposing instrument: its parts are written one octave below the sounding notes. [5] Concert xylophones have tube resonators below the bars to enhance the tone and sustain. Frames are made of wood or cheap steel tubing: more expensive xylophones feature height adjustment and more stability in the stand.
The glockenspiel is limited to the upper register and typically covers between 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 3 octaves, though certain professional models may reach up to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 octaves. [4] The glockenspiel is often a transposing instrument and sounds two octaves above the written pitch, though this is sometimes remedied by using an octave clef. [5]
Marimba: Africa Guatemala Mexico Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Pitched 111.212 Idiophone Marímbula: Caribbean Pitched 122.1 Idiophone Mark tree: United States Unpitched 111.232 Idiophone Also known as a chime tree or bar chimes: Mbira: Africa Pitched 122.1 Idiophone African musical instrument, a type of plucked idiophone (lamellophone ...
112.24 Scraped wheels - cog rattles Ratchet; 112.3 Split idiophones - Instruments in the shape of two springy arms connected at one end and touching at the other: the arms are forced apart by a little stick, to jangle or vibrate on recoil.
Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D ♭ 4 and D 4. [1]. Northumbrian smallpipes in F or F+ B ♭ 4 for F (~20 cents sharp for F+) Older and traditionally made instruments use a pitch sharp of F described as F+ (F-plus) Banjo Banjo: C 3: Tenor banjo C 3: Bassoon: Tenoroon F 4: Contrabassoon: C 3: Bugle Soprano bugle Mellophone bugle ...
112.24 Scraped wheels – cog rattles or Ratchet. 112.241 Scraped wheels without resonator. 112.242 Scraped wheels with resonator. 112.3 Split idiophones – Instruments in the shape of two springy arms connected at one end and touching at the other: the arms are forced apart by a little stick, to jangle or vibrate on recoil.
The name is a slight misnomer, in that almost every percussion instrument is played with some type of mallet or stick. With the exception of the marimba, almost every other keyboard instrument has been used widely in an orchestral setting. There are many extremely common and well-known excerpts for most of the mallet instruments.