glockenspiel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.

glŏkʹən-shpēl' /ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/ /ˈɡlɑk.ənˌʃpil/ /ˈɡlɔk.n̩ˌʃpiːl/ /ˈɡlɔk.ŋ̩ˌʃpiːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-glockenspiel.wav

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From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).

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