xylophone
IPA: zˈaɪɫʌfoʊn
noun
- (music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
verb
- To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
- To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.
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Examples of "xylophone" in Sentences
- He played the xylophone on the stage.
- Ed provides accompanying music on the xylophone.
- He came to play the xylophone at nine years old.
- She plays the piano, the guitar and the xylophone.
- A type of xylophone used in India was the kashta tharang.
- In vaudeville he began singing and playing the xylophone.
- It is easily identified by the oscillating melody in the xylophones.
- Pieces for the string instruments can be translated to the xylophone.
- Most percussion instruments are examples of this, such as the xylophone.
- Folk instruments in the Republic of the Congo include the xylophone and mvet.