noun
- musical instruments consisting of tuned metal bars, plates, or tubes that are struck to produce sound
Usage: music
Examples
- The orchestra’s percussion section included several metallophones.
- Xylophones and glockenspiels are common types of metallophones.
- The music teacher demonstrated how to play the metallophone with mallets.
- Traditional gamelan ensembles feature various metallophones.
- Students learned to distinguish between metallophones and wooden percussion instruments.
- The metallophone’s bright, ringing tones filled the concert hall.