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Definition: Glockenspiel |
GlockenspielNoun1. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Glockenspiel \Glock"en*spiel`\, noun. [G.; glocke bell spiel play.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | A set of steel plates played with two little hammers. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The glockenspiel (German, "play of bells", also known as orchestra bells and (in its portable form) lyra) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It is similar to the xylophone, in that it has tuned bars laid out in a fashion resembling a piano keyboard. The xylophone's bars are wooden, while the glockenspiel's are metal.The glockenspiel, moreover, is much smaller and higher in pitch. When used in a marching or military band, the bars are sometimes mounted in a portable case and held vertically. In orchestral use, the bars are mounted horizontally. A pair of hard beaters are generally used to strike the bars, although if laid out horizontally, a keyboard may be attached to the instrument to allow chords to be more easily played. One piece where such an instrument is used is Mozart's The Magic Flute (although that part is usually played by a celesta nowadays).
The glockenspiel's range is limited to the upper register, and usually covers about two and a half to three octaves. In sheet music, the notes to be played by the glockenspiel are written two octaves lower than they will sound when played. When struck, the bars give a very pure, bell-like sound.
Other instruments which work on the same struck-bar principle as the glockenspiel include the marimba and the vibraphone. There are also many glockenpiel-like instruments in Indonesian gamelan ensembles.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glockenspiel."
Synonym: GlockenspielSynonym: orchestral bells (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: chimed (fine arts, european union). |
Crosswords: Glockenspiel |
| Non-English Usage: "Glockenspiel" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (carillon, chime, chimes, peal, ring of bells). |
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Song Titles | Johnny Glockenspiel (performing artist: Tom Chapin) | |
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| "Glockenspiel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Glockenspiel" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 57.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 42.86% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glockenspiel | 74 |
glockenspiel picture | 4 |
germany glockenspiel munich | 4 |
glockenspiel munich | 3 |
glockenspiel instrument musical | 2 |
glockenspiel restaurant | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "glockenspiel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | klokkespil (chimes). (various references) | |
Dutch | klokkenspel (chimes), carillon (carillon, chimes). (various references) | |
French | glockenspiel, jeu de clochettes, jeu de cloches carillon. (various references) | |
German | Glockenspiel (carillon, chimes). (various references) | |
Italian | gioco di campane (chimes), campanetta (chimes). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鉄琴 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | てっきん (iron reinforcing bar, rebar). (various references) | |
Manx | cluigane. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockenspielglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sinos (chimes), jogo de sinos (chimes). (various references) | |
Russian | глокеншпиль, металлофон. (various references) | |
Spanish | juego de campanas (chime). (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "glockenspiel": glockenspiels. (additional references) | |
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"Glockenspiel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: glockensiel, glockenspeil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-i-k-l-l-n-o-p-s" | |
-3 letters: kinescope, speckling. | |
-4 letters: cineoles, cleeking, colleens, colleges, epigones, glenlike, keepings, noselike, peelings, pinocles, pollices, skelping, sleeking, sleeping, songlike, specking, speeling, spelling, spinelle. | |
-5 letters: celling, cineole, cineols, cleping, closing, cognise, coignes, colleen, college, collies, collins, congees, copings, eclipse, eikones, ellipse, eloigns, eloping, enclose, epigone, epigons, epilogs, epsilon, geckoes, genoise, inclose, keeling, keelson, keeping, kellies. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-i-k-l-l-n-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: glockenspiels. | |
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