metallophone

: a percussion musical instrument consisting of a series of metal bars of varying pitch struck with hammers.

Metallophones have been used in music in Asia for thousands of years. There are several different types used in Balinese and Javanese gamelan ensembles, including the gendér, gangsa and saron. These instruments have a single row of bars, tuned to the distinctive pelog or slendro scales, or a subset of them.

This luminous instrument produces a dreamy tone, with excellent sustain from the metallic notes. Unlike a traditional vibraphone, the Metallophone can be split into just a diatonic instrument or just the accidental notes. The lightweight wooden frame allows for proper resonance from the notes.

Metallophones have been played in eastern Asia for more than 1,000 years; the saron and the gendèr, for example, still perform a crucial role as melody instruments today. Metallophones were first mentioned in Europe in the middle of the 18th century.

metallophone, any percussion instrument consisting of a series of struck metal bars (compare xylophone, with struck wooden bars). Examples include the saron and gender of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra and the Western glockenspiel, vibraphone, and (with a keyboard) celesta.

The main difference between a xylophone and the glockenspiel/metallophone is the material used for the bars; the xylophone uses wood whereas the glockenspiel and metallophone use metal.

Each metallophone bar is manufactured from the finest aluminum alloys, then skillfully overtone tuned for perfect pitch and harmonics.

percussion instruments A metallophone is a term given to a family of percussion instruments consisting of a series of metal bars that make tones when struck. Typically, the metallophones resemble the wooden-bar xylophone, however, metallophones have metal bars.

The difference between a Glockenspiel/Metallophone and a Xylophone is that the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone. The glockenspiel, moreover, is usually smaller and higher in pitched than a Xylophones wooden, mellow sounding plates.

metallophone, any percussion instrument consisting of a series of struck metal bars (compare xylophone, with struck wooden bars). Examples include the saron and gender of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra and the Western glockenspiel, vibraphone, and (with a keyboard) celesta.

metallophone, any percussion instrument consisting of a series of struck metal bars (compare xylophone, with struck wooden bars). Examples include the saron and gender of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra and the Western glockenspiel, vibraphone, and (with a keyboard) celesta.

The main difference between a xylophone and the glockenspiel/metallophone is the material used for the bars; the xylophone uses wood whereas the glockenspiel and metallophone use metal.