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Xyolphone is a term that covers many instruments. They are all percussion instruments with wooden bars for sounding different tones. They can have almost any number of keys from one or two up to more than eighty on an orchestral xylophone.
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What are the things that you hit with a xylophone?
The keys
How many keys does a xylophone have?
Xylophones vary in size, they can have anywhere from 4 to 5 octaves.
What is xylophone's sticks called?
Mallets are used for the xylophone. I myself own one and you can get mallets most likely at your local music store (or order off the internet.) Do NOT use drumsticks. Those are made for drums. Not a xylophone.
Are the notes on a xylophone the same on a piano?
Yes. All musical notes are the same (abcdefg) the only difference is the tone, or the pitch, and such. The xylophone actually is like a piano with fewer, but wider keys.
What keyboard instruments have metal keys?
Many percussion keyboards have metal keys. Some of them are glockenspiel, xylophone and vibraphones. Piano is not a percussion keyboard as it has a string mechanism as well.
What are the things that you hit with a xylophone?
The keys
How does a xylophone change pitch?
By the lengthness of their keys.
What material were the keys of the xylophone originally made of?
Rosewood.
How many keys does a xylophone have?
Xylophones vary in size, they can have anywhere from 4 to 5 octaves.
How does a xylophone make a noise?
you make noise on a xylophone by hitting different keys with a mallet. depending on the size of the key, you get a different pitch.
Is a vibraphone and a xylophone similar?
Vibraphones and Xylophones are very similar in that they are both mallet percussion instruments: keys of various pitches are struck with mallets. Vibraphones, however, have a pedal used to sustain notes, which a xylophone does not have. A vibraphone also has metal keys, while a xylophone is generally made of wood or fiberglass.
How is xylophone played?
Play a song with the keys and that's how you do it and use yer brain
Were there any changes made on it to improve the xylophone instrument?
There have indeed been changes made on the xylophone to improve it over the years. The keys for example were rearranged.
Is xylophone a stringed instrument?
No you make the sounds by tapping on different keys, so it is a percussion instrument.
What instrument do you strike a metal key to play?
The xylophone has metal keys that you strike with a wooden hammer.
How do you spell xylophone?
Play a song with the keys and that's how you do it and use yer brain
What is xylophone's sticks called?
Mallets are used for the xylophone. I myself own one and you can get mallets most likely at your local music store (or order off the internet.) Do NOT use drumsticks. Those are made for drums. Not a xylophone.
