Idiophone

• Produces sound primarily through the vibration of its own material, without the use of strings, membranes, or external resonators.

• Key characteristics:

  • The material itself vibrates to generate sound (e.g., wood, metal, or stone).

  • Can be struck, shaken, scraped, or plucked.

  • No tensioned membrane or string is needed.

• Examples:

  • Xylophone (struck wooden bars)

  • Vibraphone (struck metal bars)

  • Marimba

  • Glockenspiel

  • Triangle

  • Cymbals

• Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, and Glockenspiel Comparison .

Kalimba

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• "plucked idiophone".

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• Creating vibrato on the Kalimba .

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Handpan

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Guiro

• Guiro .

Clave

• Clave .

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Jaw Harp

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Xylophone

• Wooden bars

• Struck with hard mallets

• Xylophone, iPhone song .

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• Xylophone vs Marimba .

Vibraphone

• Metal bars.

• Struck with soft mallets; motor can create vibrato.

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Marimba

• Wooden bars.

• Struck with soft to medium mallets

• Xylophone vs Marimba .

Balafon

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Glockenspiel

• Metal bars.

• Struck with hard mallets.

• Example :

  • Harry Potter.