Glockenspiel
The glockenspiel in five languages — glockenspiel, campanelli, Glockenspiel
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 钟琴 |
| English | glockenspiel |
| Italian | campanelli |
| German | Glockenspiel |
| French | glockenspiel |
The glockenspiel is a row of metal bars struck with hard mallets, bright and short in resonance. German Glockenspiel literally means "playing bells", and English and French borrowed the word; Italian campanelli means "little bells". The Chinese 钟琴 refers to a bell-like sound, not to church bells.
Watch out: glockenspiel and celesta both sound bright, but the glockenspiel is struck directly with mallets while the celesta uses a keyboard to drive hammers against metal plates; Chinese 钟琴 and 管钟 (tubular bells) are also often confused, the latter being hanging long metal tubes.
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Sources
- 各语种乐器名依通行音乐术语词典（参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Glockenspiel"）；本文为原创表述
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