Definition of vibraphone in English:
vibraphone
noun ˈvʌɪbrəfəʊnˈvaɪbrəˌfoʊn
A musical percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
- The vast orchestra includes almost everything that tinkles, jingles or bangs, even bells, a vibraphone and a windmachine, as well as women's voices without words.
- Beneath it, there's a sense that the ever-present vibraphone and glockenspiel are tapping out a secret language.
- The rest of the mix, however, is a bit more jazzy and quirky, blending piano, flute, organ vamps, vibraphones, and some basic samples.
- Don smiles, enjoying the moment as Tom arranges music on four separate stands ready for the chase around the mallets, timpani, marimbas, vibraphones and celesta that he knows will test his agility, his practised facility.
- ‘Maybe we'll have some congas and bongos, marimba and vibraphones, a bass drum, cow bells - perhaps a Chinese gong,’ she said, thoughtfully.
- It contains more than 40 drums, gongs, a vibraphone and seven-feet marimbas to name but a few.
- Moore has a guitar, Cline has a guitar with some effects pedals, Gustaffson has a saxophone, a clarinet and a flute, and Winant has a drum kit, a vibraphone, and some various percussion.
- Prop is a unique conglomeration of vibraphones, marimba, synthesisers, drums, percussion and bass guitar - a tuned percussion group with a rhythm section.
- They take centre stage among a small eclectic ensemble of instruments, including two Hammond organs, electrically amplified violin and vibraphones.
- For the other soloists, flute, clarinet, cello, Xylorimba, marimba and vibraphone, we have all of these in the Orchestre de Paris, played by instrumentalists chosen from the best soloists in France.
- A marimba also is essentially a set of wooden bars, while the glockenspiel and vibraphone involve metal bars.
- Tape loops, samples, piano and the odd vibraphone take these songs away from the usual acoustic fare in favour of quirkier, yet still emotional, folk pop.
- Real drums drop some real groove, vibraphones vibe, and for the most part, I find it very easy to label this ‘modern jazz.’
- He began playing the guitar and cuatro at 14, and later mastered the vibraphone and the harmonica, which became one of his signature sounds.
- Mr. Herman sits surrounded by 20 percussion instruments, including two timpani, vibraphones, glockenspiel, chimes, cymbals and sleigh bells.
- In almost every song there is an acoustic element of either guitar, piano, horns, or vibraphones present in the mix.
- He also learnt to play the vibraphone, saxophone and percussion instruments.
- Found sounds, guitars, vibraphones, 8-bit synths and analogue drum machines are brushed vigorously with cut and paste pyrotechnics, exploding aurally with a pretty pop rather than colourful starburst.
Derivatives
vibraphonist
- As master jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson said: ‘What is soul in jazz?’
- More striking, however, was their arrangement: front and centre were the vibraphonists.
- As a teenager, Smith went to Berklee under the wing of vibraphonist and composer Burton.
- Shipp has also introduced a fascinating wild card: the largely overlooked vibraphonist Khan Jamal, who has worked with such legends of the avant-garde as drummer Sunny Murray and Sun Ra.
- The pianist was joined by the vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson on that show, and the long history of that partnership is celebrated here by a track featuring the two from 1968.
noun
Origin
1920s: from vibrato + -phone.
Definition of vibraphone in US English:
vibraphone
nounˈvaɪbrəˌfoʊnˈvībrəˌfōn
A musical percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
- He also learnt to play the vibraphone, saxophone and percussion instruments.
- Prop is a unique conglomeration of vibraphones, marimba, synthesisers, drums, percussion and bass guitar - a tuned percussion group with a rhythm section.
- For the other soloists, flute, clarinet, cello, Xylorimba, marimba and vibraphone, we have all of these in the Orchestre de Paris, played by instrumentalists chosen from the best soloists in France.
- Moore has a guitar, Cline has a guitar with some effects pedals, Gustaffson has a saxophone, a clarinet and a flute, and Winant has a drum kit, a vibraphone, and some various percussion.
- It contains more than 40 drums, gongs, a vibraphone and seven-feet marimbas to name but a few.
- The rest of the mix, however, is a bit more jazzy and quirky, blending piano, flute, organ vamps, vibraphones, and some basic samples.
- Found sounds, guitars, vibraphones, 8-bit synths and analogue drum machines are brushed vigorously with cut and paste pyrotechnics, exploding aurally with a pretty pop rather than colourful starburst.
- They take centre stage among a small eclectic ensemble of instruments, including two Hammond organs, electrically amplified violin and vibraphones.
- Beneath it, there's a sense that the ever-present vibraphone and glockenspiel are tapping out a secret language.
- The vast orchestra includes almost everything that tinkles, jingles or bangs, even bells, a vibraphone and a windmachine, as well as women's voices without words.
- A marimba also is essentially a set of wooden bars, while the glockenspiel and vibraphone involve metal bars.
- Real drums drop some real groove, vibraphones vibe, and for the most part, I find it very easy to label this ‘modern jazz.’
- ‘Maybe we'll have some congas and bongos, marimba and vibraphones, a bass drum, cow bells - perhaps a Chinese gong,’ she said, thoughtfully.
- He began playing the guitar and cuatro at 14, and later mastered the vibraphone and the harmonica, which became one of his signature sounds.
- Don smiles, enjoying the moment as Tom arranges music on four separate stands ready for the chase around the mallets, timpani, marimbas, vibraphones and celesta that he knows will test his agility, his practised facility.
- In almost every song there is an acoustic element of either guitar, piano, horns, or vibraphones present in the mix.
- Mr. Herman sits surrounded by 20 percussion instruments, including two timpani, vibraphones, glockenspiel, chimes, cymbals and sleigh bells.
- Tape loops, samples, piano and the odd vibraphone take these songs away from the usual acoustic fare in favour of quirkier, yet still emotional, folk pop.
Origin
1920s: from vibrato + -phone.