vibraphone
nounUK /ˈvaɪ.brə.fəʊn/
US /ˈvaɪ.brə.foʊn/
A vibraphone is a musical instrument with metal bars that you hit with sticks to make sounds.
She played a soft tune on the vibraphone during the school concert.
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2. A jazz instrument often used for dreamy, ringing melodies.
The vibraphone gave the jazz band a cool, shimmering sound.
3. A percussion instrument whose bars are struck with mallets and whose sound can be sustained with a pedal.
He pressed the pedal so the vibraphone notes would ring longer.
4. Short for vibraphone in informal speech, often called 'vibes'.
She switched from drums to vibes last year.