noun
- a keyboard instrument with hammers that strike metal plates to produce bell-like tones
Usage: musical instrument
Examples
- The celesta added a magical, shimmering quality to the orchestra’s performance.
- Tchaikovsky famously used the celesta in his ballet ‘The Nutcracker.’
- The composer wrote a delicate melody for celesta in the second movement.
- She practiced scales on the celesta before the evening concert.
- The celesta’s bell-like tones created an ethereal atmosphere in the piece.
- The music teacher demonstrated how the celesta differs from a piano.