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Xylophone — Percussion instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 111.212 (Directly struck idiophone) Developed Antiquity The xyl … Wikipedia
XYLOPHONE — Instrument de percussion comportant une série de tuyaux de bambou ou de pièces de bois semi cylindriques ou plates, de longueur et d’épaisseur variables, et suspendus au dessus d’une caisse de résonance (vase, fosse en terre) ou bien soutenus par … Encyclopédie Universelle
Xylophone — contemporain, avec deux paires de baguettes différentes Le xylophone (des racines grecques xylo : bois et phon : son) est un instrument de musique à percussion, de la famille des idiophones (classe des lamellophones). Sommaire … Wikipédia en Français
Xylophone — Xy lo*phone, n. [Xylo + Gr. fwnh sound.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mus.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
xylophone — ► NOUN ▪ a musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with small beaters. ORIGIN from Greek xulon wood … English terms dictionary
xylophone — [zī′lə fōn΄] n. [ XYLO + PHONE] a musical percussion instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars graduated in length so as to sound the notes of the scale when struck with mallets xylophonist [zī′ləfō΄nist, zī läf′ə nist] n … English World dictionary
xylophone — xylophonic /zuy leuh fon ik/, adj. xylophonist /zuy leuh foh nist, zuy lof euh nist, zi /, n. /zuy leuh fohn /, n. a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usually sounded by striking with small wooden hammers. [1865… … Universalium
xylophone — n. to play the xylophone * * * to play the xylophone … Combinatory dictionary
xylophone — [[t]za͟ɪləfoʊn[/t]] xylophones N COUNT: oft the N A xylophone is a musical instrument which consists of a row of wooden bars of different lengths. You play the xylophone by hitting the bars with special hammers … English dictionary
xylophone — UK [ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn] / US [ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn] noun [countable] Word forms xylophone : singular xylophone plural xylophones a musical instrument with a row of narrow wooden pieces that produce notes when you hit them with a wooden hammer … English dictionary
