A tubaphone is a type of metallophone constructed from a series of metal tubes arranged in a keyboard configuration.[1][2] The tubes are similar in length to that of a xylophone, and sound vaguely like a glockenspiel.[3]
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| Percussion instrument | |
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| Classification | Keyboard percussion |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 111.232 (Sets of percussion tubes) |
| Playing range | |
| C6–C8 | |
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References
edit- ^ Beck, John H., ed. (2014). Encyclopedia of Percussion (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9780415971232. OCLC 939052116.
- ^ Rossing, Thomas D. (2000). Science of Percussion Instruments. World Scientific. p. 74. ISBN 9789810241582. OCLC 45679450.
- ^ Peinkofer, Karl; Tannigel, Fritz (1976). Handbook of Percussion Instruments. Translated by Stone, Kurt. Schott Music. p. 71. OCLC 2215857.
External links
edit- An excerpt from Porgy and Bess played on a tubaphone