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
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The band appears here with Matt Moran on vibraphone, Red Wierenga on accordion, Chris Speed on clarinet and tenor saxophone, and Drew Gress on bass.
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Christopher Deviney, vibraphone; Christopher McLaurin, marimba; Michael Stern, conductor.
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Mehari’s quintet will include Peter Schlamb, vibraphone; Matt Villinger, piano; Karl McComas-Reichl, bass, and John Kizilarmut, drums.
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This is Adasiewicz at his most lyrical, his ethereal vibraphone solos intertwining with music from Josh Berman’s cornet, Jonathan Doyle’s reeds, Joshua Abrams’ bass and Hamid Drake’s percussion.
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For this work, he was joined onstage by his San Diego Mesa College classmates Joshua Jones on vibraphone, Mark Vincent Padua on keyboard and David Sullivan on drums.
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Mitchell maintains an intractable sense of movement through every twist and turn, allowing drummer Ches Smith to contribute coloristic bowing or darkly melodic vibraphone.
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The ballad is an ideal vehicle for the vibraphone’s shimmering sound.
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The husband-and-wife duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley’s charming indie rock twinkles like a vibraphone from a mid-century lounge act — a world apart from the ramshackle grit that cakes the rest of Denver’s rock scene.
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Origin and Etymology of vibraphone
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VIBRAPHONE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of vibraphone for English Language Learners
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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
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