Metallophone From
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A metallophone used in a Gamelan - Indonesian
Embassy in Canberra
A metallophone is any musical instrument
consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet.
Metallophones have been used in
music for hundreds of years. There are several different types used in Balinese and Javanese gamelan ensembles,
including the gendŽr,
gangsa
and saron.
These instruments have a single row of bars, tuned to the distinctive pelog
or slendro
scales, or a subset of them. The Western glockenspiel and vibraphone are also metallophones: they have two rows of bars, in an imitation
of the piano keyboard, and are
tuned to the chromatic scale.
In music of the 20th century and
beyond, the word metallophone is sometimes
applied specifically to a single row of metal bars suspended over a resonator
box. Metallophones tuned to the diatonic scale are often
used in schools; Carl Orff
used diatonic metallophones in several of his pieces,
including his pedagogical Schulwerk.
Metallophones with microtonal tunings
are used in Iannis Xenakis' PlŽ•ades and in the music of
Harry Partch.
Kulintang a Tiniok: A Philippine metallophone
Jublag Kulintang a Tiniok/Sarunay
Ranat ek lek
Ranat thum lek
Roneat dek
