How to Use vibraphone in a Sentence

vibraphone

noun

• The score asks one of the players to run sticks along the vibraphone pipes.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• The work began with loud chords in the vibraphone and piano.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2021
• To many people my age, vibraphone was for high school band practice.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
• Part of a cycle inspired by nature, the nine-minute piece is scored for piano, harp and vibraphone.
  — Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
• Chris Barrick’s vibraphone was set up onstage for all to see, as was Mikel Combs’s upright bass.
  — Michael J. West, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
• Glide through the air on any one of ten swings that represent four instruments: piano, harp, vibraphone and guitar.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2021
• In Rushefsky’s hands the tsimbl can resemble (or sound like) a harpsichord crossed with a vibraphone.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019
• The music evokes a wintery atmosphere with soft high lines in the piano, harp glissandos and glowing tone clusters from the vibraphone.
  — Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
• The Shape of Punk to Come—helped the band incorporate touches of vibraphone, organ, and harmonica.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2022
• For the very sound of the vibraphone, with its ringing tones and overtones, beguiles and delights the ear, particularly when played as fluidly as Tukes.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• The Fest is also bringing vibraphone great Roy Ayers to Oshman today.
  — Paul Freeman, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2017
• Richter then turned to the master of musical mesmerism for the movie’s soundtrack, to be performed live by a 14-player chamber ensemble of strings, winds and pairs of vibraphones and pianos.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• The artist’s new EP opens with a set of interlocking rhythms connecting a four-on-the-floor bass drum, vibraphone-suggestive mid-range loops, a conga in the background and some crazy high-hat action.
  — Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
• Four seconds in, Convertino taps his mallets across the vibraphone, spreading droplets of sound that echo above everything.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
• Harp, marimba and vibraphone give the Rhinemaidens’ warning to Siegfried a suitably watery texture.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
• The ballad is an ideal vehicle for the vibraphone’s shimmering sound.
  — Dan Emerson, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2017
• Rising vibraphone star Ross will finally make his San Diego headlining debut, which was pushed back two years by the pandemic.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• Gyrating vibraphones, jubilant horn runs, elastic basslines and odes to Weldon Irvine all mesh.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• As an adult, Stepney became a piano and vibraphone player, later joining Chess Records as an in-house musician and arranger.
  — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• Four artists on vibraphone and marimba near the conductor and two pianos tapped out mesmerizing patterns, falling in and out synch with wave-like orchestral surges.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2022
• Ches Smith often moves gracefully from trap set to vibraphone within a performance.
  — Larry Blumenfeld, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• The vibraphone and marimba later join in, playing warmly ringing harmonies.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
• On it, Stepney layers his own performances on piano and vibraphone over an early drum machine, for a bare-bones insight into his talents.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
• For over a decade, the dance floor classic has gripped us with its immediately recognizable and transporting vibraphone melody.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2022
• Flickering guitar effects, vibraphones, delicately brushed drums create a soft bed for Nau’s warm vocals to rest in.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• Piano strings are manipulated with fishing line for a metallic whine; bowing a vibraphone while a tubular bell is gently struck ends up sounding like how a shiver feels.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• McDonald co-wrote everything as well as playing Mellotron and other keyboard parts, along with vibraphone.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022
• The climax of his first set emerged not on vibraphone but on marimba, its lighter, less resonant sound inspiring some remarkable flights of virtuosity.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• Onstage were four timpani, a bass drum, snare drum, side drum, a large gong, cymbals, xylophone, castanets, vibraphone, glockenspiel, woodblock, whip-crack and triangle.
  — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
• One successful vehicle was the Fo’tet, an unorthodox group consisting of clarinet, vibraphone, bass and drums.
  — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024