vibraphone
playSimple Definition of vibraphone
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: an electronic musical instrument which has metal bars that you hit with small wooden hammers to play notes and which has a motor that makes the notes vibrate
Full Definition of vibraphone
: a percussion instrument resembling the xylophone but having metal bars and motor-driven resonators for sustaining the tone and producing a vibrato
Illustration of vibraphone
Origin and Etymology of vibraphone
Latin vibrare + International Scientific Vocabulary -phone
First Known Use: 1926
Learn More about vibraphone
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Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about vibraphone
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