Metallophone

Concept Overview

1. Vibration Frequency
2. Harmonics
3. Partial Harmonics

Lecturer Procedure

Step to Follow

Using the mallet provided, strike the bar of your choice in the center.

Expected Result

A pitch is produced.

Historical References; Taken from original work of Percy H. Carr, 1970 

“This is really a serious musical instrument consisting of metal bars supported approximately one quarter of the length from each end. It is often incorrectly called a xylophone; a xylophone, as the name suggests, has wooden bars, not metal bars. The bars are arranged like the keys on a piano keyboard and are to be excited by the blow of a metallophone/xylophone hammer, a hard spherical ball at the end of a rather stiff but small rod. No resonating devices belong to this instrument other than the bars themselves.”

Video Demonstration

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