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Most music authorities define an idiophone as a musical instrument (usually of wood, metal, or plastic) that makes a musical sound when struck. From a musical standpoint, tuned idiophones (e.g., the xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, bells, glockenspiel, chimes, celesta, gong) produce tones of a definite pitch, whereas untuned idiophones (e.g., the cymbal, tam-tam, triangle, and wood block) do not. From a mechanical standpoint, we could classify them into one-dimensional and two-dimensional vibrating systems, as discussed in Chapters 2 and 3, respectively. This chapter deals with one-dimensional idiophones, mostly of the tuned type and played with various types of mallets.
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Fletcher, N.H., Rossing, T.D. (1991). Mallet Percussion Instruments. In: The Physics of Musical Instruments. Springer Study Edition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2980-3_19
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