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  2. Xylophone - Wikipedia

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    The xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon) 'wood' and φωνή (phōnḗ) 'sound, voice'; [1] [2] lit. ' sound of wood ' ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets .

  3. List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    111.212 Sets of percussion sticks in a range of different pitches combined into one instrument. - All xylophones, as long as their sounding components are not in two different planes. Balafon; Gandingan a kayo; Glasschord; Glass Marimba; Kulintang a kayo; Luntang or kwintangan kayo; Marimba; Marimbaphone (also bowed) Pong lang; Xylophone; Xylorimba

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Xylophone: Ghana, Uganda, Zambia Pitched 111.212 Idiophone The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets Xylorimba: Pitched 111.212 Idiophone Yanggeum: Korea Pitched Chordophone A type of Hammer dulcimer Yangqin: China Pitched Chordophone Type of hammered dulcimer. Yuka: Congo ...

  5. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    Instrument family Instrument name 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 ...

  6. Musical instrument classification - Wikipedia

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    The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...

  7. Traditional Cambodian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Instruments are (clockwise from front) gong chimes kong von thom and kong toch, roneat ek xylophone, samphor drum, skor thom drum, sralai toch and thom oboes in glass case, ching or chap small cymbals (also in glass case), roneat dek metal xylophone, and roneat thung bamboo xylophone (half in edge of photo).

  8. Woodwind instrument - Wikipedia

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    Tenor and soprano saxophones. Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments.. Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone.

  9. Pattala - Wikipedia

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    The pattala (Burmese: ပတ္တလား patta.la:, Burmese pronunciation:; Mon: ဗာတ် ကလာ) is a Burmese xylophone, consisting of 24 bamboo slats called ywet (ရွက်) or asan (အဆံ) suspended over a boat-shaped resonating chamber. [1] [2] It is played with two padded mallets.