GLOCKENSPIELS Antonyms
Definition of GLOCKENSPIELS
Best Opposite Words For GLOCKENSPIELS
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percussion | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of playing a percussion instrument • the act of exploding a percussion cap • the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments • tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | ||||||||
timpani | nounn | |||||||
noun • a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | ||||||||
bells | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) • the sound of a bell being struck • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) • (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. • the shape of a bell • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument • the flared opening of a tubular device verb • attach a bell to | ||||||||
cymbals | nounn | |||||||
noun • a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together | ||||||||
drums | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end • the sound of a drum • a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends • a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids • a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes • small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise verb • make a rhythmic sound • play a percussion instrument • study intensively, as before an exam | ||||||||
marimbas | nounn | |||||||
noun • a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets | ||||||||
triangles | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries • a three-sided polygon • something approximating the shape of a triangle • any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles • a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle | ||||||||
vibraphones | nounn | |||||||
noun • a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | ||||||||
xylophones | nounn | |||||||
noun • a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets |