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LYRA GLOCKENSPIEL [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

A portable glockenspiel in lyre form, designed for the use of marching bands.

OBS

A series of tuned metal bars is fixed at each end to a lyre-shaped frame. The player holds it by a handle and strikes the bar with a small metal beater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Carillon à lames de métal monté sur un cadre en forme de lyre [et] qui est fixé sur une hampe.

CONT

À l'usage des formations de mus. [musique] militaire, on construit des instruments [...] disposés sur un bâti en forme de lyre, porté à l'extrémité d'une hampe de drapeau que le musicien soutient au moyen d'un baudrier lors des défilés. Ils prennent le nom de lyre militaire ou carillon à lames portable. L'étendue de la lyre est au maximum de deux octaves chromatiques [...]

OBS

Instrument léger qui figure dans les fanfares.

Spanish

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