Ranat kaeo
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The ranad kaeo is a crystallophone
consisting of struck glass bars of varying length, used in the classical music of Thailand. It is usually played with a soft padded mallet.
Crystallophone
A crystallophone is a musical instrument that produces sound from glass.One of the best known crystallophones is the glass harmonica, a set of rotating glass bowls which produce eerie, clear tones when rubbed with a wet finger....
consisting of struck glass bars of varying length, used in the classical music of Thailand. It is usually played with a soft padded mallet.
Related instruments
- XylophoneXylophoneThe xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets...
: an array of wooden bars of various lengths, struck. Greek for "wood sound"; "xylo" is Greek for "wood" and "phone" is Greek for "sound" - LithophoneLithophoneA lithophone is a musical instrument consisting of a rock or pieces of rock which are struck to produce musical notes. Notes may be sounded in combination or in succession...
: an array of rocks... "litho" is Greek for "rock". - Pagophone: an array of ice bars... "pago" is Greek for "ice".