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The glockenspiel (/ ˈ ɡ l ɒ k ə n ʃ p iː l / GLO-kən-shpeel; German pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔkənˌʃpiːl] or [ˈɡlɔkn̩ˌʃpiːl], Glocken: bells and Spiel: play) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to ...
From the mid/late-1980s on, Peart utilized MIDI trigger pads to trigger sounds sampled from various pieces of acoustic percussion that would otherwise consume far too much stage area, such as a marimba, harp, temple blocks, triangles, glockenspiel, orchestra bells, tubular bells, timpani and vibra-slap as well as other, more esoteric percussion ...
A percussion section with pitched percussion (tubular bells, background), auxiliary percussion (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, snare drum and bass drum) and timpani (foreground) in use. The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band. It includes most percussion instruments and all unpitched instruments.
"The Bell" is a song by musician Mike Oldfield, first released on the 1992 album Tubular Bells II. It was released as a single in April 1993 by Warner Music . The single features a restructured, shorter version of the album version of the song.
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.
They sound one octave down from the glockenspiel, or one octave above concert pitch and generally have a range of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 octaves. Song bells have been made by various makers at different times but were first introduced by J. C. Deagan, Inc. in 1918 and manufactured by the company until 1924.
Carillons, musical instruments of bells in the percussion family, are found on every inhabited continent.The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States contain more than two thirds of the world's total, and over 90 percent can be found in either Western Europe (mainly the Low Countries) or North America.
It is 9 minutes long and scored for piano solo and an orchestra made up of two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat, two bassoons (second doubling contrabassoon), four horns in F, three trumpets in C, three trombones, a tuba, timpani, a percussion section made up of a xylophone, a glockenspiel, a marimba, bells ...