lithophone
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- Subclass of
- idiophone
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- Ethiopian Lithophones with Stand, Monastery of Na’akuto La’ab (3425530734).jpg
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- Commons category
- Lithophones
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 111.222
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- As architectural elements
- Stone marimba
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thumb|1906 postcard of a lithophone played in Luray Caverns, Virginia thumb|Lithophone sculpture in Schloss Freudenberg
A 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 (producing harmony) or in succession (melody). It is an idiophone comparable to instruments such as the glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone and marimba.
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