vibraphone

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  1. noun A percussion instrument similar to a marimba but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators to produce a vibrato. Also called vibraharp.

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  • The vibraphone is a strange feeling, has a very unusual sound in music. —  Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
  • Mike Manieri (vibraphone, synthesizer, percussion) —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • Using a variety of instrumentation from baby bass, vibraphone, congas, and trombone it's no wonder you can't keep from dancing when you hear them play. —  Soul Shine News
  • Likewise, Mills 'bass gets lower and richer, and his keyboard adds intricate textures to these songs: "Pilgrimage" is layered with reverberating low-end piano and vibraphone, and his honkytonk piano gives —  Murmurs.com
  • Giving the guest musicians just one take to lay down their individual tracks, Krohn and Mjolsness provided the foundation of the Male sound with whirling layers of keyboards and guitars before allowing each artist to build larger structures with vibraphone, cornet, percussion, and tape loops. —  DOA
 

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  1. Latin vibrāre, to shake; see vibrate + -phone.
 

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