they make different sounds
and the xylophone is bigger
the glockenspiel has metal bars while the xylophone has wooden bars
Xylophones have wooden bars whereas glockenspiels have steel bars.
Celesta
There are many variants to and alternate names to the xylophone type instrument. These names include the marimba and lithopone, for example.
The glockenspiel is an interesting instrument. The glockenspiel resembles a small xylophone, but it is made of steel bars. It wasn't discovered until the 1960s.
Play it. A glockenspiel is a musical instrument, similar to a xylophone.If you don't play the instrument yourself, what you think of when you hear the word "xylophone" might well actually be a glockenspiel: in a xylophone the bars are made of wood (the xylo- part comes from a Greek word meaning "wood"); in a glockenspiel they're metal plates or possibly tubes.The usual English word for a glockenspiel is "concert bells".A carillion (set of actual cup-shaped bells, such as would be found in a church bell tower) is also called a Glockenspiel in German (Glockenspiel literally means "set of bells").
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A glockenspiel is played upright. The player faces the instrument. It can be carried by a band member in a belt holder as he marches around. A xylophone lies flat. The player stands alongside the instrument.
A Glockenspiel is a small instrument similar to a Xylophone.
a xylophone
There is no Xylophone, however there is glockenspiel.
Celesta
Glockenspiel, Xylophone
It is a percussion instrument. It also called a glockenspiel.
The xylophone is a percussion instrument with bars made of wood. It is similar to the marimba and the glockenspiel (bells).
Metalaphones are bigger
A glockenspiel is a misical instrument that comes in the percussion family. They are sometimes used in marching bands. You use rubber mallets to hit the bars. It actually looks like a xylophone. To find a picture of a glockenspiel go to "Google" and click on images, then type in Glockenspiel. (Note: Whoops, somebody changed the question...It originally asked the difference between a vibraphone and a glockenspiel) No. They are both in the same family of musical instruments but the glockenspiel has no additional moving parts. The vibraphone has tubes below with spinning butterfly valves that cause the sound to warble.
Assuming you meant 'glockenspiel' - it's a musical instrument similar to a xylophone.
A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, however the glockenspiel's bars are made out of metal rather than wood. The word, glockenspiel, is German in origin, 'glocken' means 'bells' and 'spiel' means 'play'.