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

  1. ‘For the other soloists
  2. flute
  3. clarinet
  4. cello
  5. Xylorimba
  6. marimba and vibraphone
  7. we have all of these in the Orchestre de Paris
  8. played by instrumentalists chosen from the best soloists in France.’
  9. ‘The rest of the mix
  10. however
  11. is a bit more jazzy and quirky
  12. blending piano
  13. organ vamps
  14. vibraphones
  15. and some basic samples.’
  16. ‘In almost every song there is an acoustic element of either guitar
  17. piano
  18. horns
  19. or vibraphones present in the mix.’
  20. ‘Tape loops
  21. samples
  22. piano and the odd vibraphone take these songs away from the usual acoustic fare in favour of quirkier
  23. yet still emotional
  24. folk pop.’
  25. ‘Beneath it
  26. there's a sense that the ever-present vibraphone and glockenspiel are tapping out a secret language.’
  27. ‘He began playing the guitar and cuatro at 14
  28. and later mastered the vibraphone and the harmonica
  29. which became one of his signature sounds.’
  30. ‘Prop is a unique conglomeration of vibraphones
  31. marimba
  32. synthesisers
  33. drums
  34. percussion and bass guitar - a tuned percussion group with a rhythm section.’
  35. ‘Moore has a guitar
  36. Cline has a guitar with some effects pedals
  37. Gustaffson has a saxophone
  38. a clarinet and a flute
  39. and Winant has a drum kit
  40. a vibraphone
  41. and some various percussion.’
  42. ‘Mr. Herman sits surrounded by 20 percussion instruments
  43. including two timpani
  44. glockenspiel
  45. chimes
  46. cymbals and sleigh bells.’
  47. ‘It contains more than 40 drums
  48. gongs
  49. a vibraphone and seven-feet marimbas to name but a few.’
  50. ‘A marimba also is essentially a set of wooden bars