slaginstrument

Definitions of slaginstrument
  1. noun
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
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    castagnet, castagnetten, sambabal
    a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
    gong, speelwerk
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
    kalfsvel, trom, trommel
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    klokkenspel
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
    gong, tamtam
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
    gehoorvlies, keteltrom, pauk, trommelvlies
    a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
    marimba, xylofoon
    a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
    forte-piano, klavier, klavierinstrument, pianino, piano, pianoforte, tingeltangel
    a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    dreg, driehoek
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
    vibrafoon
    a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
    bongo, hoofdwond
    a small drum; played with the hands
    beiaard, carillon, klokkenspel
    set of bells hung in a bell tower
    handbel, tafelbel, tafelschel
    a bell that is held in the hand
    pianola
    a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
    roffeltrom
    a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
    rinkelbom, tamboerijn
    a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
    klavier, klavierinstrument, pianino, piano, tingeltangel
    a piano with a vertical sounding board
    type of:
    instrument, muziekinstrument
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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