Metallophone at Music Glossary

What is it? A type of musical instrument consisting of a series of tuned metal bars or slabs whose ringing sound is usually amplified by resonators. It first appeared in Southeast Asia around the tenth century. First its metal was bronze but in todays celesta gloc

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