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FAQ

What is a xylophone and how does it work? ❯: The xylophone belongs to the group of orchestral percussion instruments, and it is also an idiophone - it produces sound with the body. Usually it looks like wooden plates on a frame: they are struck with a special drumstick, the plate vibrates, and sometimes the sound is amplified by a resonator.
What is the difference between a metallophone and a xylophone? ❯: Both instruments look very similar, but the main difference is in the material of the plates; in a metallophone, they are metal, which has a strong effect on the sound and its duration. Metallophones sound brighter, louder, more piercing, and more expressive.
What is a vibraphone and how does it sound? ❯: The vibraphone has a mechanical system for changing the timbre: inside the resonator rods are fans that block the air column and are controlled by an electric motor. The sound is warm and enveloping, with a less pronounced attack than a xylophone, and a slower, controlled decay, vibrating for a long time.
Where is the xylophone used? ❯: The xylophone is quite popular in certain environments: in symphony orchestras for its brilliant and virtuosic passages, in contemporary chamber music, jazz and pop ensembles as a solo or accompaniment instrument, in ethnic music, especially African and Asian music, and in music education systems as a fairly simple and straightforward instrument.