| Xabo |
see jabo |
| Xácara |
see jacara |
| Xafoon |
see xaphoon |
| Xaleo |
see jaleo |
| Xango |
from the Macumba ritual in Brazil, a dance in honor
of the jungle god Xango |
| Xaphoon |
the Maui Xaphoon (pronounced za foon) is a
bamboo saxophone invented by Brian Wittman with a sound
that falls somewhere between a saxophone and a clarinet.
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| Xel-xuur |
Mongolian Jew's harp |
| Xeremia, Xeremies |
Mallorcan bagpipe (Balearic Islands, Spain) |
| Xhile |
Kosovar Albanian small metallic cymbals |
| Xiao |
an end-blown flute of China, made of bamboo and with
six holes |
| Xiaocha |
small Chinese small cymbals |
| Xiao ruan |
see ruan |
| Xilofono (It.), Xilófono (Sp.), Xylophon (Ger.),
Xylophone (Eng. & Fr.) |
a percussion instrument, originating from Eastern
Europe, consisting of tuned wooden bars ordered
horizontally as on a piano keyboard which are struck
with small hard and soft headed mallets; some have
tubular resonators below the bars; the standard
xylophone has a range of three-and-a-half octaves (f to
c'''') although commercial sizes can have as few as
three and as many as five octaves. The xylophone sounds
one octave higher than the written note
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| Xirimita |
traditional reed instrument made from wood, about 70
cm long. The cone shaped xirimita is usually
found in the Alicante region. In many other parts of
Spain it is known as a dulzaina |
| Xirula |
a short 3-holed straight Basque flute |
| Xitende |
a plucked, one-string musical bow from Mozambique
with a gourd resonator |
| Xtoles |
Mayan warriors dance from Mexico |
| Xuin, Xun |
a Chinese wind instrument made out of clay and earth
mix, shaped like a gourd with an opening on top for
blowing. It sounds like a large flute
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| Xylomarimba, Xylomaromba, Xylorimba |
a light-weight percussion instrument combining the
features of the xylophone and marimba |