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What is the difference between Xylophone and Vibraphone?

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D. Nichols

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D. Nichols

Answered Jun 15, 2020

Xylophone and vibraphone are both members of the mallet percussion group, which is one of the oldest forms of music. Xylophone adds character and fun to an orchestra. The Xylophone is made of wooden bars that attached on a frame with each bar being tuned to a different pitch and hit with a rubber or wooden mallet.

This instrument is the most popular one in this group. The vibraphone is sometimes called a vibraphone. A vibraphone uses aluminum metal bars, and each bar possesses a resonator tube and a butterfly valve at the end to create its vibrato effect. It also has a sustain pedal, much like that of a piano. When the pedal is up, the sound of the bars is quite short, and when it is down, the bars will have an extended sound.

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Answered Jun 02, 2020

Xylophone and Vibraphone are both musical instruments. One of the differences between them is the bars that they have. Vibraphones have bars that are aluminum. On the contrary, xylophone has bars that are wooden. Another difference between the two is how long they have been around. Xylophones have been around much longer. Their history goes all the way back to the 9th century. Vibraphones are a more modern invention, dating back to 1921. To go along with their history, another difference between them is where the instruments originated from. Xylophones came from Asia and Africa, while Vibraphones came from China.
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