xylophone
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- noun
- /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/
:
xilófono
- Kindergarten and first-grade children can easily learn to transfer simple ostinatos and bourdons from xylophones to keyboards.
- xylophone bars
- xylophone player
- xylophone ensemble
You might be listening on a xylophone, a speaker, radio speaker.
- You might be listening on a xylophone, a speaker, radio speaker.
- And then I looked over in the corner and there's this row of Bulldogs snoring like a xylophone.
Examples
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Though I once knew a man who played the xylophone with his toes.
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I always wanted to be a world-renowned xylophone player.
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No, it's too heavy; listen to Michael play it on the xylophone.
Academic text (2011) -
I was amazed that he was doing the whole background with the xylophone during that performance.
Academic text (2013) -
For example, a teacher may limit a student's exploration on a xylophone by removing all but three bars.
Academic text (1991) -
Audience members could also be invited on stage to play a simple bordun part on xylophones.
Academic text (2015) -
I teach my students to put their mallets on their shoulders when waiting behind a xylophone or glockenspiel.
Academic text (2007) -
I don't have to remove bars from the xylophone anymore, and he's definitely playing the bass xylophone more accurately.
Academic text (2006) -
Sometimes the masks would also dance to the accompaniment of a slit drum and a xylophone.
Academic text (1999) -
In music class, the children took turns playing melodies on the xylophone with small mallets.
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Etymology
Xylophone comes from Greek parts xylo- meaning 'wood' and -phone meaning 'sound', the same -phone you see in telephone. So a xylophone is literally 'wood-sound' and is made of wooden bars you hit to make musical notes.