VIBRAPHONE


Meaning of VIBRAPHONE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' v ī -br ə - ˌ f ō n

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin vibra re + International Scientific Vocabulary -phone

Date: 1926

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

– vi · bra · phon · ist \ - ˌ f ō -nist \ noun

vibraphone

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