Dictionary entry
Vibraphone
Pronunciation: /ˈvʌɪbrəfəʊn/
Pronunciation
/ˈvʌɪbrəfəʊn/
Myanmar Meaning
(also infml vibes [sing or pl ]) ဗိုက်ဗရာဖုန်းခေါ်လျှပ်စစ်သံပတ္တလား။
Definition
vibraphone / 'vaibrǝfǝƱn / n [C] (also infml vibes [sing or pl v ]) ဗိုက္ဗရာဖုန္းေခၚလွ်ပ္စစ္သံပတၱလား။
Examples
- ‘For the other soloists
- flute
- clarinet
- cello
- Xylorimba
- marimba and vibraphone
- we have all of these in the Orchestre de Paris
- played by instrumentalists chosen from the best soloists in France.’
- ‘The rest of the mix
- however
- is a bit more jazzy and quirky
- blending piano
- organ vamps
- vibraphones
- and some basic samples.’
- ‘In almost every song there is an acoustic element of either guitar
- piano
- horns
- or vibraphones present in the mix.’
- ‘Tape loops
- samples
- piano and the odd vibraphone take these songs away from the usual acoustic fare in favour of quirkier
- yet still emotional
- folk pop.’
- ‘Beneath it
- there's a sense that the ever-present vibraphone and glockenspiel are tapping out a secret language.’
- ‘He began playing the guitar and cuatro at 14
- and later mastered the vibraphone and the harmonica
- which became one of his signature sounds.’
- ‘Prop is a unique conglomeration of vibraphones
- marimba
- synthesisers
- drums
- percussion and bass guitar - a tuned percussion group with a rhythm section.’
- ‘Moore has a guitar
- Cline has a guitar with some effects pedals
- Gustaffson has a saxophone
- a clarinet and a flute
- and Winant has a drum kit
- a vibraphone
- and some various percussion.’
- ‘Mr. Herman sits surrounded by 20 percussion instruments
- including two timpani
- glockenspiel
- chimes
- cymbals and sleigh bells.’
- ‘It contains more than 40 drums
- gongs
- a vibraphone and seven-feet marimbas to name but a few.’
- ‘A marimba also is essentially a set of wooden bars