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  1. xylorimbanoun

    A pitched percussion instrument corresponding to a xylophone with an extended range.

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  1. Xylorimba

    The xylorimba (sometimes referred to as xylo-marimba or marimba-xylophone) is a pitched percussion instrument similar to an extended-range xylophone with a range identical to some 5-octave celestas or 5-octave marimbas, though typically an octave higher than the latter. Despite its name, it is not a combination of a xylophone and a marimba; its name has been a source of confusion, as many composers have called for a 'xylorimba', including Alban Berg, Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen, but for parts requiring only a four-octave xylophone(Blades and Holland n.d.). However, Pierre Boulez wrote for two five-octave xylorimbas in Pli selon pli(Blades and Holland n.d.). Like the xylophone and marimba, the xylorimba consists of a series of wooden bars laid out like a piano keyboard "with a compass sufficiently large to embrace the low-sounding bars of the marimba and the highest-sounding bars of the xylophone." The lower notes of the xylorimba are described as sounding closer to a xylophone than a marimba, on account of its bars being both thicker and narrower, and due to the different size and shape of its resonators; the size and shape of the bars differs to emphasize different overtones(Blades and Holland n.d.). The xylorimba experienced its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 30s, particularly within vaudeville theatre(Blades and Holland n.d.).

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  1. Xylorimba

    The xylorimba is a pitched percussion instrument corresponding to a xylophone with an extended range. Like the xylophone and marimba, the xylorimba consists of a series of wooden bars laid out like a piano keyboard "with a compass sufficiently large to embrace the low-sounding bars of the marimba and the highest-sounding bars of the xylophone." "The lower notes of the xylorimba sound like a xylophone rather than a marimba on account of the bars being thicker and narrower than those of a marimba and of the different size and shape of the resonators". The usual playing range of a modern xylorimba is five octaves: from the C one octave below middle C to the C four octaves above middle C. It is a transposing instrument, since music for xylorimba is written an octave lower than it sounds, using a grand staff with both bass and treble clefs. "As the marimba-xylophone it was a popular instrument in the 1920s and 30s, particularly in vaudeville".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Xylorimba in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Xylorimba in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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