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A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano , organ , and various electronic keyboards , including synthesizers and digital pianos .
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 ...
The xylosynth is an electric percussion mallet instrument, similar to a xylophone. The keys are made out of either solid bubinga wood or birch wood resulting in a dynamic range from two to five octave sizes. [1] The xylosynth has a latency speed of 0.003 seconds or less. [2]
The instrument was associated largely with the folk music of Central Europe, notably Poland and eastern Germany. An early version appeared in Slovakia [7]: 98 and the earliest reference to a similar instrument came in the 14th century. [25] The first use of a European orchestral xylophone was in Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, in 1874. [4]
See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences between tuned and untuned percussion. The term pitched percussion is now preferred to the traditional term tuned percussion: Each list is alphabetical.
A comprehensive list of musical instruments, including percussion instruments like xylophones and membranophones.
Xylorimba, range C3-C8. The xylorimba (sometimes referred to as xylo-marimba or marimba-xylophone) is a pitched percussion instrument similar to an extended-range xylophone with a range identical to some 5-octave celestas or 5-octave marimbas, though typically an octave higher than the latter.
The vibraslap was the first patent granted to the instrument manufacturing company Latin Percussion. [3]The vibraslap was invented by Martin Cohen in 1967. [4] [better source needed] Cohen was told by percussionist Bobby Rosengarden, "If you want to make some money, make a jawbone that doesn't break."