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See media help. The xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon) 'wood' and φωνή (phōnḗ) 'sound, voice'; [ 1 ][ 2 ]lit.'sound of wood') is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), the xylophone essentially consists of a set of tuned ...
Bark, sound of a dog. Bleat, sound of a sheep. Buzz, sound of bees or insects flying. Chirp, bird call. Chirp, sound made by rubbing together feet or other body parts, e.g. by a cricket or a cicada. Gobble, a turkey call. Growl, low, guttural vocalization produced by predatory animals. Hiss, sound made by a snake.
Vibraslap. The vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent into a U-shape) connecting a wooden ball to a hollow box of wood with metal "teeth" inside. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball (usually against the palm of their other hand). The box acts as a resonating body for a ...
Speed of sound. The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. More simply, the speed of sound is how fast vibrations travel. At 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound in air is about 343 m/s (1,125 ft/s; 1,235 km/h; 767 mph; 667 kn ), or 1 km in 2.91 s or one mile in 4.69 s.
Del Vecchio-Dinamico. A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar (often called a "dobro" [ 1]) is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones ( resonators ), instead of to the guitar's sounding board (top). Resonator guitars were originally designed to be louder than ...
During this period Smith and Joe Lynn Turner were approached by Taylor Guitars to contribute a track for their Sounds of Wood & Steel album. [1] The acoustic instrumental track "Alma de Alma" written by Smith & Turner continues to be played on radio stations to this day. [6]
A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It consists of two long solid pieces that are struck together producing sound. They exist in many forms in many different cultures around the world. Clappers can take a number of forms and be made of a wide variety of material. Wood is most common, but metal and ivory have also been used.
A slide or a steel is a hard smooth object (a steel bar, round metal or glass bar or cylinder, neck of a bottle) commonly used in country music or blues music, to create a glissando effect made popular in Hawaiian music at the beginning of the 20th century. The slide is pressed against the strings by the non-dominant hand, instead of using ...