Topmusicanswers
- Can you make your own xylophone?
- How are xylophones made?
- What is the high pitched wooden keyed xylophone?
Can you make your own xylophone?
You can use wood or electrical metal tubing to make your own xylophone at home. If you measure the xylophone's materials and put it together carefully, a homemade xylophone can work just as well as storebought options.
How are xylophones made?
Both instruments consist of wooden keys mounted on a wooden frame over a series of metal tubes called resonators. Hammering on the wooden keys causes the impact to resonate through the tubes. The xylophone has a brittle, metallic sound, while the marimba is somewhat more mellow or wooden to the listener.
What is the high pitched wooden keyed xylophone?
The ranat ek (Thai: ระนาดเอก, pronounced [ranâːt ʔèːk], "also xylophone") is a Thai musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of 21 wooden bars suspended by cords over a boat-shaped trough resonator and struck by two mallets.
