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Xylophone

The xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon) 'wood' and φωνή (phōnḗ) 'sound, voice'; lit. 'sound of wood') is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale, whether pentatonic or heptatonic in the case of many African and Asian instruments…

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Ancient GreekMusical instrumentMalletsIdiophoneMusical scale
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Construction of xylophones

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Use in elementary education

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Classification
Percussion idiophone metallophone lithophone
Developed
Independently in Africa and Asia, documented as of 9th century in Asia
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
111.212 (Set of percussion sticks)

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related to Asian xylophone · 23
Xylophone → Americas, Asia, Bali, BC, China, Garantung, Hindu, In Indonesia, In Myanmar, In North Sumatra, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Melanesia, Myanmar, Pattala, Rindik, Thailand, The, The Toba Batak
related to Western xylophone · 18
Xylophone → According, An, Arnolt Schlick's Spiegel, By, Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, Central Europe, Curt Sachs, Europe, European, Germany, Gusikov, Michael Josef Gusikov, Organisten, Orgelmacher, Poland, Slovakia, The, There
related to history · 12
Xylophone → AD, Africa, African, Asia, Austronesian, Balinese, East African, Javanese, Nettl, Roger Blench, The, This
related to Use in elementary education · 12
Xylophone → According, American, Andrew Tracey, Many, One, Orff-Schulwerk, Shona, The, West, Xylophones, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean
related to Construction of xylophones · 10
Xylophone → Ancient, Concert, Frames, Helmholtz, In, Like, Old, Others, Some, The
related to African xylophone · 9
Xylophone → Early, Eastern African, Interlocking, Makonde, Shirima, The, This, West Africa, Yao
related to External links · 4
Xylophone → Encyclopædia Britannica, Kathleen, Schlesinger, Vol
related to Mallets · 3
Xylophone → Lighter, Sometimes, Xylophones
Classification · 1
Xylophone → Percussion idiophone metallophone lithophone
Developed · 1
Xylophone → Independently in Africa and Asia, documented as of 9th century in Asia

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xylophones music instrument used instruments mallets played marimba made bars african use also wooden africa musical similar term balafon resonators

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
XylophoneClassificationPercussion idiophone metallophone lithophone1.00infobox
XylophoneDevelopedIndependently in Africa and Asia, documented as of 9th century in Asia1.00infobox
XylophoneHornbostel–Sachs classification111.212 (Set of percussion sticks)1.00infobox
Xylophoneis atransposing instrument0.90text
the marimbainstance ofto include all such instruments0.80text
balafoninstance ofto include all such instruments0.80text
even the semantroninstance ofto include all such instruments0.80text
fiberglass or fiberglass-reinforced plastic which allows a louder soundinstance ofor various synthetic materials0.80text
the West Africa balafoninstance ofthe xylophone is known as Pattala and is typically made of bamboo.African xylophoneThe term marimba is also applied to various traditional folk instruments0.80text
that of the Makonde dimbilainstance ofor alternating rhythm features in Eastern African xylophone music0.80text
the Yao mangolongondo or the Shirima mangwilo in which the opacherainstance ofor alternating rhythm features in Eastern African xylophone music0.80text
the initial callerinstance ofor alternating rhythm features in Eastern African xylophone music0.80text

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