vibraphonen.
/ˈvʌɪbrəfəʊn/, U.S. /ˈvaɪbrəˌfoʊn/ Music.
A percussion instrument consisting of a series of metal bars, arranged as in a xylophone, and characterized by the vibrato that can be given to the notes, an effect produced either by electrically rotated vanes in the tube resonators under the bars or electronically.
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saron1817
glockenspiel1833
melodicon1876
metallophonea1884
vibraphone1926
vibraharp1930
vibes1940
1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 263 Organ chimes, giant marimbaphone, vibraphone.
1929 Melody Maker Apr. 359/1 Lester takes a Vibraphone solo.
1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 51 The leading drummers..are expert on the xylophone and vibraphone.
1957 L. Feather Encycl. Yearbk. Jazz xvi. 134 The vibraphone, like the xylophone, was an instrument long associated with novelty music.
1966 Listener 10 Mar. 364 The programme was completed by Stockhausen's Refrain, for piano, celesta, and vibraphone.
1978 P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music ix. 137 The vibraphone is used as a substitute for the gamelan while xylorimba and percussion suggest the influence of black African music.
Derivatives
ˈvibraphonist n. a player on the vibraphone.
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vibraphonist1929
vibraharpist1943
vibist1955
1929 Melody Maker Dec. 1119/1 Amateur vibraphonists are requested not to attempt to copy it!
1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. (Detroit Suppl.) 29/2 How else could he have known that Milt Jackson would become one of the world's greatest vibraphonists.
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