vibraphone

noun

vi·bra·phone ˈvī-brə-ˌfōn

: a percussion instrument resembling the xylophone but having metal bars and motor-driven resonators for sustaining the tone and producing a vibrato

vibraphonist

ˈvī-brə-ˌfō-nist

noun

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Most notable within Jones’ theme is the use of vibraphone when set against his orchestra’s melancholy strings. —

A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 The Andrew Alden Ensemble will accompany the film with live music that includes elements of classical chamber music and rock, featuring a string trio, synthesizers, percussion, piano, and vibraphone. —

Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024 The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh. —

Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024 Jazz guitar and a vibraphone—maybe a fake vibraphone?—with a saxophone improvising between phrases. —

John Gravois, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vibraphone