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vibraphone
noun
vi·bra·phone
ˈvī-brə-ˌfōn 
: a percussion instrument resembling the xylophone but having metal bars and motor-driven resonators for sustaining the tone and producing a vibrato
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The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
Jazz guitar and a vibraphone—maybe a fake vibraphone?—with a saxophone improvising between phrases.
—John Gravois, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
The crowd is appropriately reverent on this religious holy day as percussionist/composer Ches Smith begins, leading his unclassifiable ensemble Laugh Ash through a maze of scrambled electronics, free-jazz vibraphone, and orchestrations that shift from unnerving to sweet.
—Ryan Reed, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The gist stays the same: Chuck (vibraphone) and Robert (piano) Redd lead a team of musicians, including Lenny Robinson (drummer), James King (bass) and several vocalists, in a free afternoon of seasonal favorites.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
Jazz guitar and a vibraphone—maybe a fake vibraphone?—with a saxophone improvising between phrases.
—John Gravois, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
The crowd is appropriately reverent on this religious holy day as percussionist/composer Ches Smith begins, leading his unclassifiable ensemble Laugh Ash through a maze of scrambled electronics, free-jazz vibraphone, and orchestrations that shift from unnerving to sweet.
—Ryan Reed, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The gist stays the same: Chuck (vibraphone) and Robert (piano) Redd lead a team of musicians, including Lenny Robinson (drummer), James King (bass) and several vocalists, in a free afternoon of seasonal favorites.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
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vibraphone
noun
vi·bra·phone
ˈvī-brə-ˌfōn
: a musical instrument resembling the xylophone but having metal bars and devices for increasing the vibrations
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