A chime bar or resonator bell[1] is a percussion instrument consisting of a tuned metal bar similar to a glockenspiel bar, with each bar mounted on its own wooden resonator.[2][3] 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 hand and a mallet in the other. They are used from professional music to classrooms.[4]
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A single chime in G -
The same chime disassembled to show the resonator and mounting
See also
edit- Tubular bell, also known as bar chime
- Mark tree, also known as bar chimes[5]
- Percussion instrument
References
edit- ^ Jerry Storms (1 December 2001). 101 More Music Games for Children: New Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song. Hunter House. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-0-89793-298-1. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ "Studio 49 Individual Chime Bar C52-A73: Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Paytons - Chime Bars". Paytons.com.au. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Chime bars- (Metal) - Classroom Percussion". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ^ "LP Concert Series Bar Chimes - 25 Bars". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
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