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UK
/ɡlˈɒkənspˌiːl/
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[ US /ˈɡɫɑkənˌspiɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɫɑkənˌspiɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
How To Use glockenspiel In A Sentence
- Sure, it had a fine array of percussion - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, gong, glockenspiel - but they were just there for effect.
- On the stand was a whole new group of musicians: harpists, lyrists, players of the flageolet and dulcimer, two men sweating over glockenspiels, a group equipped with zithers and citharas and sitars, three women playing nose-flutes, two men with shofars, and a tall, blond man playing a clarino trumpet. Pagan Passions
- Although the band started out playing dishpans, accordions, and glockenspiel, they eventually settled on a more traditional sound.
- The arrangements are full of interesting sounds like music box, berimbau and glockenspiel without ever over-egging the pudding or resorting to gratuitous novelty.
- With the chime of the glockenspiel and the slow pull of the violin the band began and invited us to witness a cavalcade of sound and images.
- Sure, it had a fine array of percussion - timpani, snare drum, bass drum, gong, glockenspiel - but they were just there for effect.
- String groupings of violins and cellos swell throughout and voice aching, mournful melodies, the piano occasionally joined by a celeste or glockenspiel.
- They meet up in Torino without much of a plan and immerse themselves in the studio with traditional rock instruments plus a bunch of theremins and glockenspiels.
- The Bruce Springsteen Glockenspiel Addendum takes the few tracks on Born to Run which don’t contain glockenspiel, and adds the missing instrument. South by Southwest « Squares of Wheat
- The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument consisting of tuned steel bars that are hit with a hammer. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]