Glockenspiel: Mallet percussion instrument
The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument.
It originated in Germany. It is in the same category as the xylophone and timpani. It usually has a range of 2 and a half octaves. It is set up in a keyboard instrument format. It is played by hitting it with mallets that have a plastic or felt tip. It has a soft sound, but very high pitch. If it is hit too hard, it makes a very bad sound. Its sound is often used to represent things such as fairies, birds, and butterflies.
 A Glockenspiel | |
| Percussion instrument | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Concert bells, orchestral bells, carillon |
| Classification | Keyboard percussion |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 111.212 (Concussive idiophone or set of percussion sticks whose sound is generated by way of being struck by a mallet) |
| Playing range | |
| written like F3–C6, sounds like F5–C8 | |
| Related instruments | |
| xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, tubular bells | |
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