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  2. Xylophone - Wikipedia

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    Some can be as small a range as 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 octaves but concert xylophones are typically 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 or 4 octaves. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Xylorimba - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Musical note - Wikipedia

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    Notes in it include a prime symbol below the note's letter. Names of subsequent lower octaves are preceded with "sub". Notes in each include an additional prime symbol below the note's letter. The octave starting at tenor C is called the "small" octave. Notes in it are written as lower case letters, so tenor C itself is written c in Helmholtz ...

  6. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/March 2006 ...

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    A medical center may contain any medical practice - such as strictly outpatient care. A hospital is expected to include in-patient care as well as have some sort of emergency room. So, a hospital is a type of medical center, but not all medical centers are hospitals. --Kainaw 03:48, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

  7. Scale (music) - Wikipedia

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    The notes of a scale form intervals with each of the other notes of the chord in combination. A 5-note scale has 10 of these harmonic intervals, a 6-note scale has 15, a 7-note scale has 21, an 8-note scale has 28. [8]

  8. Clef - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of treble, alto, and bass clefs with identical-sounding musical notes aligned vertically Middle C represented on (from left to right) treble, alto, tenor, and bass clefs Three clefs aligned to middle C. A clef (from French: clef 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical ...

  9. Chromatic scale - Wikipedia

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    Chromatic scale drawn as a circle The diatonic scale notes (above) and the non-scale chromatic notes (below) [2] The twelve notes of the octave—all the black and white keys in one octave on the piano—form the chromatic scale. The tones of the chromatic scale (unlike those of the major or minor scale) are all the same distance apart, one ...