That's interesting. Especially since as a kid, I had a "xylophone" that was metallic. That's how I learned the word and everything.
I even found this definition:
1. (Musique) Instrument de musique à percussion composé de lamelles de tailles et d’épaisseurs variables qui forment un clavier sur lequel on frappe avec une mailloche.
That doesn't specify the "wood" part at all.
And to be honest, I didn't even know "xylophones" could be made out of wood. All the ones I've ever seen where metallic. I guess "glockenspiel" is too difficult a word for French people
I always call the glockenspiel, the bells. Bells are also much shorter than a xylophone and produce a ringing sound instead of a thunk. The Harry Potter theme is played on bells if that's any help. What gets confusing for me is telling the marimba and vibes apart.
I've always called the glockenspiel "bells," and our school's band director calls them bells. In fact, uo till now I've heard them be called the glockenspiel about twice.
Okay, wait a second. Aren't bells the stuff you shake, and the metal inside touches the metal outside and it makes noise?
They are as I understand them. It's likely, though, that the first glockenspiels were referred to as such because they sounded like bells. They are both idiophones (that is, the noise is made through a vibration of the instrument itself) and so they're similar in both sound and their respective family of instrument.
Also, after a little bit of research, it looks like the only real difference between xylophones and glockenspiels is that glockenspiels are made of metal. Although they did evolve separately, they seem to have converged into very similar instruments. They're not to be confused, though, with the vibraphone or marimba, which sound like this: *plays a vibraphone and a marimba*
Anyway, I had a hair cut so I thought I'd post a more up-to-date picture here. This is also where my special-recipe mouthvatar comes from. Think of this as a DVD extra.
This is my "ecstatic" face. My botox has admittedly made me slightly less expressive, but you can still tell that I'm ecstatic, right?
Xylophones and marimbas are both made out of wood; marimbas have a lower pitched sound than xylophones. Vibraphones and glockenspiels are both made out of metal; glockenspiels are much smaller and have a much higher pitched sound than vibraphones. "Vibraphone" is one of those words with a messed up multilingual etymology, coming from the Latin vibrare (to shake) and the greek φωνή. The word "marimba" comes from the Kimbundu language, and apparently just means marimba.*
*This is all according to my hasty skimming of Wikipedia.
Xylophones and marimbas are both made out of wood; marimbas have a lower pitched sound than xylophones. Vibraphones and glockenspiels are both made out of metal; glockenspiels are much smaller and have a much higher pitched sound than vibraphones. "Vibraphone" is one of those words with a messed up multilingual etymology, coming from the Latin vibrare (to shake) and the greek φωνή. The word "marimba" comes from the Kimbundu language, and apparently just means marimba.*
*This is all according to my hasty skimming of Wikipedia.
I don't get the vibes and marimba confused with a xylophone, just with each other since all the bands I've played in only would have one of the two. I guess I could say I can identify them by looking at them but not by hearing them.:D
I'm glad you remember it. And I agree with kids tv being terrible nowadays.
Cool. You look like the kind of guy I want to be friends with. Do you play any other instruments?
Whey!
Yeah I play the harmonium (kinda like half an accordion) and keyboard - and I'll be getting a melodica soon
I want to learn accordion but they're like.. £1000
I don't have £1000..
I bought a violin a few weeks ago so I need to get 'round to learning that too!
Glockenspiel is usually used in another context over here, like "I'm going to kick him in his glockenspiel." Doesn't really produce a ringing sound as much as a high keening.
And That1person, there should be more people like you posting their pics; the world would become a much lovelier place.
By the way, I thought first that plushy was Al E. Cat from "Sid & Al's Incredible Toons", but he's a lot fatter and doesn't have black hair.
The funny thing is that it looks like a natural expression in the game, but I'm not so sure it's possible to do naturally. It's one thing to do a natural expression, and another to try to make your face look like a facial expression in a drawing.
It was fun to try; I challenge others to do their own Guybrush expressions!
I look kind of like this:
Or exactly like this. Whatever.
I lol'd.
Also, here's a picture of me posing with my new friend, Pulp Fiction. Despite being a famous movie, he's actually pretty down to earth and easy to get along with.
@SillyStell He was saying you'd be a "10" as in 1 out of 10 You're also much taller than I thought! From your comics I was expecting you to be 3 feet! And have a dog!
@SeanT How the heck did you grow that much facial hair at 16?! :suspicious face:
@SillyStell He was saying you'd be a "10" as in 1 out of 10 You're also much taller than I thought! From your comics I was expecting you to be 3 feet! And have a dog!
@SeanT How the heck did you grow that much facial hair at 16?! :suspicious face:
I had that much facial hair at 13... Also, I'm a BAMF.
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I think the etymology is interesting (from Wikipedia):
I even found this definition: That doesn't specify the "wood" part at all.
And to be honest, I didn't even know "xylophones" could be made out of wood. All the ones I've ever seen where metallic. I guess "glockenspiel" is too difficult a word for French people
And yes, bells are also the ones you shake.
They are as I understand them. It's likely, though, that the first glockenspiels were referred to as such because they sounded like bells. They are both idiophones (that is, the noise is made through a vibration of the instrument itself) and so they're similar in both sound and their respective family of instrument.
Also, after a little bit of research, it looks like the only real difference between xylophones and glockenspiels is that glockenspiels are made of metal. Although they did evolve separately, they seem to have converged into very similar instruments. They're not to be confused, though, with the vibraphone or marimba, which sound like this: *plays a vibraphone and a marimba*
Anyway, I had a hair cut so I thought I'd post a more up-to-date picture here. This is also where my special-recipe mouthvatar comes from. Think of this as a DVD extra.
This is my "ecstatic" face. My botox has admittedly made me slightly less expressive, but you can still tell that I'm ecstatic, right?
*This is all according to my hasty skimming of Wikipedia.
The Angolans sure know how to name stuff.
Sorry, it just reminded me of this:
>.>
I'm glad you remember it.
Cool.
To be honest I didn't know that until I bought it
They're teaching us lies from young ages!!
Whey!
Yeah I play the harmonium (kinda like half an accordion) and keyboard - and I'll be getting a melodica soon
I want to learn accordion but they're like.. £1000
I don't have £1000..
I bought a violin a few weeks ago so I need to get 'round to learning that too!
And That1person, there should be more people like you posting their pics; the world would become a much lovelier place.
By the way, I thought first that plushy was Al E. Cat from "Sid & Al's Incredible Toons", but he's a lot fatter and doesn't have black hair.
I had to try making that expression.
Wow, don't remember it but it sounds awesome!
I'll bet it isn't real.
The resemblance is uncanny.
It was fun to try; I challenge others to do their own Guybrush expressions!
You actually have Guybrush's eyebrow shape.
Blue Steel! (Or maybe Magnum, I get them terribly confused.)
Or exactly like this. Whatever.
I lol'd.
Also, here's a picture of me posing with my new friend, Pulp Fiction. Despite being a famous movie, he's actually pretty down to earth and easy to get along with.
This is a picture of me from when I was 16. (I'm 26 now)
A character from a game I really liked a while back wears this shirt.
I think it's supposed to be a wheel with a mouth or somethin', thought the design looked cool and Valve were selling them at their store
Who me? Cause if so then I am infact 18 but it's an easy mistake, everyone looks older than me
@SeanT How the heck did you grow that much facial hair at 16?! :suspicious face:
I had that much facial hair at 13... Also, I'm a BAMF.
That means you're gorgeous, silly