While they are both percussion instruments, the piano has keys that you hit with your fingers attached to hammers which hit strings inside the piano, and the xylophone has different pitched metal or wooden strips that you strike with a mallet. They produce very different sounds and a piano has many more keys than most xylophones.
A xylophone has wooden bars while a glockenspiel has metal bars. So what most people call a xylophone is actually a glockenspiel.
Xylophones notes are made out of wood and are bigger
Xylophones notes are made out of wood and are bigger.
Xylophone has long tubes and glockenspiel is a set of metal bells. They are both hit with mallets and setup like piano keys.
An xylophone has a brighter sound while the marimba has a darker, richer tone.
Marimba
There are many variants to and alternate names to the xylophone type instrument. These names include the marimba and lithopone, for example.
Marimba: This is a percussion instrument that is a lot like a xylophone. It's of African origin and is slightly mellower than the xylophone.Marimba: This is a percussion instrument that is a lot like a xylophone. It's of African origin and is slightly mellower than the xylophone.
Yes, they are both keyboard instruments, just like the harpsichord, the marimba, the vibraphone, and the xylophone.
The marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone usually have four octaves, although there are versions that can go up to seven.
Marimba is from Portuguese, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba ("xylophone").
Marimba
A marimba is very similar.
The xylophone is a percussion instrument with bars made of wood. It is similar to the marimba and the glockenspiel (bells).
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Marimba
There are many variants to and alternate names to the xylophone type instrument. These names include the marimba and lithopone, for example.
xylophone harmonica marimba melodian
Xylophone, Marimba, Glockenspiel. Depends on what you're thinking about
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I would probably say marimba and xylophone are the two most alike. They both are part of the percussion family, both have wooden bars, both stuck with mallets by the instrumentalist.