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Vibraphone

The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a vibraphonist, vibraharpist, or vibist.

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Classification
Keyboard percussion
Developed
1916
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
111.222 (Sets of percussion plaques)
Inventor
Herman E. Winterhoff
Other names
Vibes · vibraharp · vibraceleste · vibratone

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related to Invention · 26
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related to Use · 23
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related to Four-mallet style · 19
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related to Manufacturers · 14
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related to Bars · 12
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related to Motor · 11
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related to External links · 9
Vibraphone → Doug Perry, Gary BurtonVibraharps, Mallet Dampening, Media, Mourning Dove Sonnet, The Deagan Resource, Vibraphones, Wikimedia CommonsA Demonstration, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Resonators · 8
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related to Range · 7
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related to Damper mechanism · 6
Vibraphone → Deagan, For, In, Leedy, One, To

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bars bar instrument use mallet used mallets jazz also players percussion damping often marimba pedal one made called sound resonators

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VibraphoneClassificationKeyboard percussion1.00infobox
VibraphoneDeveloped19161.00infobox
VibraphoneHornbostel–Sachs classification111.222 (Sets of percussion plaques)1.00infobox
VibraphoneInventorHerman E. Winterhoff1.00infobox
VibraphoneOther namesVibes1.00infobox
VibraphoneOther namesvibraharp1.00infobox
VibraphoneOther namesvibraceleste1.00infobox
VibraphoneOther namesvibratone1.00infobox
Vibraphoneis aBurton grip0.90text
Vibraphoneis asecond most popular solo keyboard percussion instrument0.90text
Vibraphonerelated to BarsHoles0.60section
Vibraphonerelated to BarsTo0.60section

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