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- noun Plural form of
vibraphone .
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Examples
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A pulse is set by marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones and pianos that chugs along, in complex variations, for almost an hour, while over it, under it and around it two clarinettists, four singers, a cellist and a violinist introduce another sort of pulse, the rhythm of our breathing.
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She sat with another woman looking over the rail at the stage, empty except for the piano and two sets of vibraphones.
Chapter 11/Paula 2009
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The first of its three movements, “Pillars,” speaks in the language of delicately hazy post-tonality, with only timbral hints — from vibraphones and cymbals — of jazz-inspired intentions.
Tanglewood Festival: Stacking the Deck With Jazz - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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The first of its three movements, “Pillars,” speaks in the language of delicately hazy post-tonality, with only timbral hints — from vibraphones and cymbals — of jazz-inspired intentions.
Tanglewood Festival: Stacking the Deck With Jazz - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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The vibraphones had just been uncovered and tested by a disheveled tech who would later re-appear as the performer himself, hair combed and in a suit jacket.
Chapter 11/Paula Laura Ellen Scott 2009
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The vibraphones had just been uncovered and tested by a disheveled tech who would later re-appear as the performer himself, hair combed and in a suit jacket.
Chapter 11/Paula 2009
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She sat with another woman looking over the rail at the stage, empty except for the piano and two sets of vibraphones.
Chapter 11/Paula Laura Ellen Scott 2009
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Lots of synth glockenspiels, chimes, vibraphones, in lieu of fuzz boxed guitars.
Boing Boing: August 13, 2006 - August 19, 2006 Archives 2006
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Jazz musician Lionel Hampton, on vibraphones, plugs Pepsi for McKellar, as fans make the Double V sign, symbolizing victory for democracy in the war abroad and for equal rights at home.
THE REAL PEPSI CHALLENGE Stephanie Capparell 2007
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The crystalline arrangements gracefully combined organs, saxophones, strings, flutes, vibraphones, bicycle bells, timpani, and even barking dogs into stunning instrumental textures.
A Lost Pop Symphony Staton, Scott 2005
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