"electronic means (synthesizer), or in some other way. Sometimes, instruments that do not usually have a keyboard, such as the ""glockenspiel"", are fitted with one. Though they have no moving parts and are struck by mallets held in the player's hands, they have the same physical arrangement of keys and produce soundwaves in a similar manner. The theremin, an electrophone, is played without physical contact by the player. Musical instrument A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that"
"Glockenspiel A glockenspiel ( or , ""Glocken"": bells and ""Spiel"": set) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone. The glockenspiel, moreover, is usually smaller and higher in pitch. In German, a carillon is also called a ""Glockenspiel"", while in French, the glockenspiel is often called a ""carillon"". In music scores the glockenspiel is sometimes designated by"
"a ""Stahlspiel"" or ""Militär-Glockenspiel"". The all-percussion Drum and lyre corps in the Philippines uses this as a main instrument. Glockenspiel A glockenspiel ( or , ""Glocken"": bells and ""Spiel"": set) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone. The glockenspiel, moreover, is usually smaller and higher in pitch. In German, a carillon is also called a ""Glockenspiel"","
"Parsifal bell A Parsifal bell (German: ""Parsifal Klavier Instrument"") is a stringed musical instrument designed as a substitute for the church bells that are called for in the score of Richard Wagner's opera ""Parsifal"". The instrument was designed by Felix Mottl, a conductor of Wagner's works, and constructed by Schweisgut, of Karlsruhe, Germany. It is constructed on the principle of the grand piano. A massive frame is shaped like a snooker table. The instrument has five notes; each note has six strings (three are tuned to the fundamental pitch, and three an octave higher). The strings are struck by large"
"hand and a mallet in the other. They are used from professional music to classrooms. Chime bar A chime bar or resonator bell is a percussion instrument consisting of a tuned metal bar similar to a glockenspiel bar, with each bar mounted on its own wooden resonator. Chime bars are played with mallets again similar to a glockenspiel. The sound is similar to a glockenspiel, but with much more sustain, similar in this respect to a vibraphone but without the vibrato. Chime bars can be arranged on a table to be played by a single player, or played by a"
"Das Glockenspiel Das Glockenspiel (English: ""Carillon"" or ""chime of bells"") is the first single from the 1999 Schiller debut album Zeitgeist. It's the debut of Schiller and it was subtitled internationally with the title The Bell. The trance music single was officially released on 31 December 1998 in Germany and was peaking at number 21 on German Singles Chart in 1999 and on number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. The cover art work shows a graphic of a bell. The music video was shot in the United States. The single became famous for featuring a bell-like melody. The song's"
"Zimbelstern The Zimbelstern (Meaning ""Cymbal Star"" in German, also spelled Cymbelstern, Zymbelstern, or Cimbalstern) is a ""toy"" organ stop consisting of a metal or wooden star or wheel on which several small bells are mounted. When engaged, the star rotates, producing a continuous tinkling sound. It was common in northern Europe, Germany in particular, throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. After about 1700, the bells were tuned to particular notes. The device is probably most effective as a foil to light Baroque counterpoint of an upbeat nature, or hymns registered using a bright principal chorus. In some Christian liturgical"
"It shows also a ringing bell. The music video was shot in Chinatown in Los Angeles, California. The video was aired and became one of the most played music videos on German music television channel VIVA in 1999. Das Glockenspiel Das Glockenspiel (English: ""Carillon"" or ""chime of bells"") is the first single from the 1999 Schiller debut album Zeitgeist. It's the debut of Schiller and it was subtitled internationally with the title The Bell. The trance music single was officially released on 31 December 1998 in Germany and was peaking at number 21 on German Singles Chart in 1999 and"
"traditions, it is rung during the singing of the Sanctus or on doxological stanzas of hymns. Zimbelstern The Zimbelstern (Meaning ""Cymbal Star"" in German, also spelled Cymbelstern, Zymbelstern, or Cimbalstern) is a ""toy"" organ stop consisting of a metal or wooden star or wheel on which several small bells are mounted. When engaged, the star rotates, producing a continuous tinkling sound. It was common in northern Europe, Germany in particular, throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. After about 1700, the bells were tuned to particular notes. The device is probably most effective as a foil to light Baroque counterpoint"
"German horn The German horn is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell, and in bands and orchestras is the most widely used of three types of horn, the other two being the French horn (in the less common, narrower meaning of the term) and the Vienna horn. Its use among professional players has become so universal that it is only in France and Vienna that any other kind of horn is used today. A musician who plays the German horn is called a horn player (or less frequently, a hornist). The word"
"the bells were used on various types of animals, they are typically referred to as ""cowbells"" due to their extensive use with cattle. Tuned cowbells or Almglocken (their German name), sometimes known by the English translation alpine bells (also in German), typically refer to bulbous brass bells that are used to play music, sometimes as a novelty act or tourist attraction in the northern Alps, and sometimes in classical music, as in Richard Strauss's ""Alpine Symphony"". Since they are tuned differently, in order to distinguish individual animals, they can be collected ""from the pasture"" in random tunings, but commercial sets"
"glockenspiel commonly used in marching bands. It is played upright and has an extendable spike which is held on a strap. The player marches with the strap over his shoulder and plays the instrument upright with a beater. Another variation of the bell lyre exists which is held by a strap round the shoulders and back. This variation is played horizontally with two beaters as it does not need to be held upright. Since the middle of the 19th century this form of the instrument has also been used in military and civil bands in Germany, where it is called"
"(1962), and György Ligeti (1982). German horn The German horn is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell, and in bands and orchestras is the most widely used of three types of horn, the other two being the French horn (in the less common, narrower meaning of the term) and the Vienna horn. Its use among professional players has become so universal that it is only in France and Vienna that any other kind of horn is used today. A musician who plays the German horn is called a horn player (or less"
"bells in Germany. The bells - distributed between the north and south tower - are not rung together, but rung in four separate groups. The oldest bell in the peal is dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, () and dates from the beginning of the 14th Century. The bell named Hallerin was cast by Nuremberg master Hans Glockengießer in 1540. The Magnificat bell of 1975 is also known as the Bishop's Bell ). The two bells of 1256 have a very characteristic sound, resulting from their special rib bell shape (). Two bells are rung for weekday vespers , one"
"Chime bar A chime bar or resonator bell is a percussion instrument consisting of a tuned metal bar similar to a glockenspiel bar, with each bar mounted on its own wooden resonator. Chime bars are played with mallets again similar to a glockenspiel. The sound is similar to a glockenspiel, but with much more sustain, similar in this respect to a vibraphone but without the vibrato. Chime bars can be arranged on a table to be played by a single player, or played by a group in a similar fashion to handbells, with each member holding a chime in one"
"Keyboard glockenspiel The keyboard glockenspiel (French: ""jeu de timbre"") or organ glockenspiel is an instrument consisting of a glockenspiel operated by a piano keyboard. It was first used by George Frideric Handel in the oratorio ""Saul"" (1739). It was also used in the 1739 revivals of his ""Il Trionfo del Tempo"" and ""Acis and Galatea"", and the next year in ""L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"". Half a century later, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart employed a ""strumento d’acciaio"" in ""The Magic Flute"" (1791) to represent Papageno's magic bells, and this instrument is believed to have been a keyboard glockenspiel. This part"
"Bladder fiddle The bladder fiddle (also known as bumbass or poispil) is a folk instrument used throughout Europe. The instrument was a simple large monochord made with a long stick, a thick gut string, and a pig's bladder. It is bowed with either a notched stick or a horsehair bow. It is known under different names; in Germany it was called the bumbass, in France the ""basse de Flandre"", and in England a drone, ""drone and string"" or bladder fiddle. In Germany sometimes a bell or cymbal was added to the top for decoration or additional sound. In England it"
"Need"". Other instruments that work on the same struck-bar principle as the glockenspiel include the marimba and the vibraphone. The Dulcitone has a similar sound to the glockenspiel since its sound is made by hammers striking tuning forks. The dulcitone uses soft hammers which damp the forks, compared to the hard hammers of the glockenspiel, creating a more gentle sound. There are also many glockenspiel-like instruments in Indonesian gamelan ensembles. In the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, there is a form of glockenspiel called a bell lyre, bell lyra, or lyra-glockenspiel. The bell lyre is a form of"
"Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten The Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten is located in a freestanding 42m-tall tower next to the House of World Cultures (""Haus der Kulturen der Welt""), near the Chancellery in the northeastern part of Berlin's central Tiergarten park. It is a large, manually played concert instrument, comprising 68 bells weighing a total of 48 metric tonnes (almost 106,000 lbs.) connected to a keyboard spanning 5½ fully chromatic octaves; the largest bell weighs 7.8 tonnes (almost 17,200 lbs.). The carillonneur sits in a playing cabin in the middle of the bells and plays with his fists and feet on a baton-and-pedal"
"Singspiel A Singspiel (; plural: Singspiele; literally ""sing-play"") is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias which were often strophic, or folk-like. Singspiel plots are generally comic or romantic in nature, and frequently include elements of magic, fantastical creatures, and comically exaggerated characterizations of good and evil. Some of the first Singspiele were miracle plays in Germany, where dialogue was interspersed with singing. By the early 17th century, miracle plays had grown profane, the word ""Singspiel"" is found in"
"Steerhorn The steerhorn (German: ""stierhorn"", also known in English as a cowhorn or bullhorn) is an extremely long medieval bugle horn. The instrument has been used both orchestrally and in war. The steerhorn has a straight tube with an exact conical bore and no bell flare. The steerhorn is used in Wagner's ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", as the score requires one steerhorn in ""Die Walküre"" and four in ""Götterdämmerung"". Today, many orchestras substitute the trombone or bass trombone. The Solti recording, the Golden Ring, had a steerhorn specially made as American soldiers carried off Bayreuth's steerhorns after the end of"
"hiking trail leads to this natural monument. The ""Glockenspiel"" was added to the Town Hall in December 1991 with 24 bells. These ring daily at 9:10, 12:10 and 18:10. This was financed by a private initiative by Weilbach citizens and clubs under the umbrella of the ""Heimatverein Weilbach-Weckbach e.V. "" (local historical society). Since 25 June 2006, the ""Glockenspiel"" – now expanded to 37 bells – plays in a specially built tower on the old schoolyard. One particularity is that the ""Glockenspiel"" can also be played by hand, making it a rarity in Bavaria, where there are only five functional"
"quarters. Historically, bells have been associated with religious rituals, and are still used to call communities together for religious services. Later, bells were made to commemorate important events or people and have been associated with the concepts of peace and freedom. The study of bells is called campanology. ""Bell"" is a word common to the Low German dialects, cognate with Middle Low German ' and Dutch ""bel"" but not appearing among the other Germanic languages except the Icelandic ' which was a loanword from Old English. It is popularly but not certainly related to the former sense of ""to bell"""
"the world (at Riverside Church in New York City) weighs over , whereas the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia weighs . The word ""carillon"" is from the French ""quadrillon"", meaning four bells. In German, a carillon is also called a ""Glockenspiel""; while the percussion instrument called a ""glockenspiel"" by English speakers is often called a ""carillon"" in French. In medieval times, swinging bells were first used as a way of notifying people of imminent church services, and for such as fires, storms, wars and other secular events. However, the use of bells to play melodic musical compositions originated in the 16th"
"Bell A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an internal ""clapper"" or ""uvula"", an external hammer, or—in small bells—by a small loose sphere enclosed within the body of the bell (jingle bell). Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its resonant properties, but can also be made from other hard materials; this depends on the function. Some small bells such as"
"World War II. Steerhorn The steerhorn (German: ""stierhorn"", also known in English as a cowhorn or bullhorn) is an extremely long medieval bugle horn. The instrument has been used both orchestrally and in war. The steerhorn has a straight tube with an exact conical bore and no bell flare. The steerhorn is used in Wagner's ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", as the score requires one steerhorn in ""Die Walküre"" and four in ""Götterdämmerung"". Today, many orchestras substitute the trombone or bass trombone. The Solti recording, the Golden Ring, had a steerhorn specially made as American soldiers carried off Bayreuth's steerhorns after"
"in acts 1 and 3 have often proved problematic to stage. For the earlier performances of ""Parsifal"" in Bayreuth, Wagner had the Parsifal bell, a piano frame with four strings, constructed as a substitute for church bells. For the first performances, the bells were combined with tam-tam and gongs. However, the bell was used with the tuba, four tam-tams tuned to the pitch of the four chime notes and another tam-tam on which a roll is executed by using a drumstick. In modern-day performances, the Parsifal bell has been replaced with tubular bells or synthesizers to produce the desired notes."
"He demonstrates the instrument's playing technique and plays a carillon piece for his guests. Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten The Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten is located in a freestanding 42m-tall tower next to the House of World Cultures (""Haus der Kulturen der Welt""), near the Chancellery in the northeastern part of Berlin's central Tiergarten park. It is a large, manually played concert instrument, comprising 68 bells weighing a total of 48 metric tonnes (almost 106,000 lbs.) connected to a keyboard spanning 5½ fully chromatic octaves; the largest bell weighs 7.8 tonnes (almost 17,200 lbs.). The carillonneur sits in a playing cabin in the"
"the Italian term ""campanelli"". The glockenspiel is limited to the upper register, and usually covers about two and a half to three octaves, but can also reach up to three and a half octaves. The glockenspiel is a transposing instrument; its parts are written two octaves below the sounding notes. When struck, the bars give a very pure, bell-like sound. When used in a marching or military band, the bars are sometimes mounted in a portable case and held vertically, sometimes in a lyre-shaped frame. However, sometimes the bars are held horizontally using a harness similar to a marching snare"
"Bell tree A bell tree (often confused with the mark tree) is a percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested inverted metal bowls. The bowls, placed on a vertical rod, are arranged roughly in order of pitch. The number of bowls can vary between approximately 14 and 28. An effective glissando is produced by sliding a triangle beater, a glockenspiel mallet, or a xylophone mallet down the length of the tree. When a glissando is played, the inexactness of the order of the bowls' pitch is unnoticeable, merely creating a fuller sound. The bell tree is often used to accentuate the"
"Legend"". Struck with mallets, they produced both tap and hum tone. But ""Parsifal"" presented a particular problem because the lowest of the ""Golden Legend"" bells was a minor tenth higher than the lowest note required for Parsifal, and the aggregate weight of the four bells was thousands of pounds. Modern productions of ""Parsifal"" typically use a synthesized, or electronically recorded, church bell sound. Parsifal bell A Parsifal bell (German: ""Parsifal Klavier Instrument"") is a stringed musical instrument designed as a substitute for the church bells that are called for in the score of Richard Wagner's opera ""Parsifal"". The instrument was"
"Carillon A carillon ( or ; ) is a musical instrument that is typically housed in the bell tower (belfry) of a church or municipal building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to produce a melody, or sounded together to play a chord. A traditional manual carillon is played by striking a keyboard – the stick-like keys of which are called batons – with the fists, and by pressing the keys of a pedal keyboard with the feet. The keys mechanically activate levers and wires that connect to metal clappers that"
"Bell plate A bell plate is a percussion instrument consisting of a flat and fairly thick sheet of metal, producing a sound similar to a bell. They are most often used in orchestral and theater music. Bell plates were first developed and implemented as percussion instruments in ancient Asia, but did not enter into Western music until the late 19th century. This instrument then became popular, particularly in theater music, in the early 20th century. Bell plates are made of sheets of aluminum or bronze, ranging in size from and to and . The range of the instrument typically covers"