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xylophone

[zahy-luh-fohn] / ˈzaɪ ləˌfoʊn /
NOUN
percussion instrument consisting of a series of graduated wooden bars played with small mallets
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NOUN
instrument
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He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.

From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 1, 2024

The article paints a scene of company employees striking a metal xylophone and applauding as they jubilantly gaslight their customers.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2023

Their collaboration, “Odyssey,” finds common ground in synthesizer-centered 1980s pop, specifically Talking Heads’ 1980 “Once in a Lifetime” plus a lot of marimba or xylophone overdubs.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

The cartoon course includes play-alongs with digital instruments like the piano, xylophone, drum kits and even turntables.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

I wanted a music career, and so I wanted to learn about the organ and xylophone and become a fully prepared musician.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Otherwise, as a famous Brit once sang backed by sinuous xylophones, “Baby, baby, baby, you’re out of time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024

Six school employees converge in the elementary school music room, where tambourines and xylophones hang from the wall.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

It sounded like a hundred xylophones inside a stone tomb.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith


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