VIBRAPHONE


Meaning of VIBRAPHONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvī-brə-ˌfōn ]

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 -ˌfō-nist noun

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