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Xylophones vary in size, they can have anywhere from 4 to 5 octaves.

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Xylophones vary in size, they can have anywhere from 4 to 5 octaves.

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An xylophne have 4 and more keys so far i see 4 - 81 keys so donot mix up our head fro test just put anyone

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The average western xylophone has 28 "keys".

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What are the things that you hit with a xylophone?

The keys


What is the input form of energy of a xylophone?

Ah, the input form of energy for a xylophone is mechanical energy. When you strike the xylophone keys with a mallet, you transfer your mechanical energy to the instrument, causing the keys to vibrate and produce sound. It's like a little dance between you and the xylophone, creating beautiful music together.


How does a xylophone change pitch?

By the lengthness of their keys.


What material were the keys of the xylophone originally made of?

Rosewood.


How long are xylophone keys?

Xyolphone is a term that covers many instruments. They are all percussion instruments with wooden bars for sounding different tones. They can have almost any number of keys from one or two up to more than eighty on an orchestral xylophone.


What keyboard instruments have metal keys?

Many percussion keyboards have metal keys. Some of them are glockenspiel, xylophone and vibraphones. Piano is not a percussion keyboard as it has a string mechanism as well.


How does a xylophone make a noise?

you make noise on a xylophone by hitting different keys with a mallet. depending on the size of the key, you get a different pitch.


Is a vibraphone and a xylophone similar?

Vibraphones and Xylophones are very similar in that they are both mallet percussion instruments: keys of various pitches are struck with mallets. Vibraphones, however, have a pedal used to sustain notes, which a xylophone does not have. A vibraphone also has metal keys, while a xylophone is generally made of wood or fiberglass.


How is xylophone played?

Play a song with the keys and that's how you do it and use yer brain


Were there any changes made on it to improve the xylophone instrument?

There have indeed been changes made on the xylophone to improve it over the years. The keys for example were rearranged.


10 elves each made 10 xylophones each xylophone had 10 keys they did this for 10 days how many keys were made by elves. show in exponential form and solve?

10^4


Is xylophone a stringed instrument?

No you make the sounds by tapping on different keys, so it is a percussion instrument.