The Flight FX-12R xylophone is a must-buy for every child or adult; the xylophone is made of wood, and unlike the metallophone, it has an unusually pleasant sound!

The xylophone is a great choice as a baby's first instrument!

The melodic sound of the xylophone will bring pleasure to the baby and parents, the learning process is very simple and accessible, this is an ideal solution for the initial musical training of the baby. The xylophone keys correspond to the white keys of the piano, and the baby will easily master a new instrument - melodica, piano or synthesizer, or even an accordion, playing already familiar melodies.

To teach kids, we have prepared colored stickers for the keys, thanks to which you can play according to the Seven Flowers method. Place stickers on top part keys, select a song, and start playing - colored notes do not require any knowledge of musical literacy!

Xylophone– percussion musical instrument, It has ancient origin– the simplest instruments of this type are found in different nations Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America. In Europe, the first mentions of the xylophone date back to the beginning of the 16th century. It is a series of wooden blocks of different sizes, tuned to certain notes, which are struck with sticks. The instrument can be used both solo and in an ensemble.

Specifications:

• Xylophone FLIGHT FX-12R
• Has 12 keys
• 2 sticks included
• Set of colored stickers
• Composition: wood, metal, fabric
• Xylophone tuning: from lower A on large keys to upper E on small keys.

Before - red,
Re-orange,
Mi - yellow,
Fa - green,
Salt - blue,
La - blue,
Si – purple.

When playing the xylophone, place the large keys on the left.

The order of the stickers from large keys to small ones is blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow.

“Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting!”

Now you can play according to the “SEMIFLOWER” method.

"SEVEN-FLOWER" METHOD for xylophone 12 keys

We place the large xylophone keys on the left, the small ones on the right.

Large keys are low tones, small keys are high. The smaller the key, the higher the sound.

Pitch Notes- on the xylophone diagram there are 2 sizes of keys, from large to small from left to right. They indicate the pitch of a note. Large keys are played on the left side of the xylophone, small keys on the right.

The height of the rectangle in the diagram will indicate the corresponding key in height.

Duration– the width of the keys indicates the duration of the note.

A square is half, half a square is a quarter, etc. The thinner the note, the shorter the duration.

Exclusive Semitsvetik technique, step by step.

• Learning to play the "Seven-flowered" pattern on the xylophone
• Learning notes by verse
• We remember the visual correspondence of the melody to the written colored notes.
• Melodies and songs are selected according to the repertoire of piano textbooks for primary education
• We switch to the piano, playing familiar melodies.

From xylophone to piano.

The xylophone keys are located in the same way as the piano keys, this formed the basis of the Semitsvetik teaching method. We use a xylophone with colored keys as the baby’s first instrument; we play the xylophone according to the Seven-Color pattern. The bottom line is that, having learned to play the xylophone, the child will easily move on to playing the piano. At the same time, he will not only learn to play, but will also know the notes, their names and locations. We tried to select melodies that traditionally begin learning with, so the child will be familiar with the repertoire in advance and will easily master playing any instrument.

Xylophones are made from natural wood, are set to 40 percent humidity; if the humidity changes, the tuning may change slightly. As humidity increases, the pitch decreases; as humidity decreases, it increases. If the tuning changes significantly, you can adjust the xylophone yourself:

• to lower the tone, sand the key from below or make a notch in AVERAGE parts, on the bottom plane
• to increase the tone, sand the bottom of the key EDGES(on the lower plane of the protruding parts).

FLIGHT FX-12R Xylophone (12 notes)

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Books

• Children's xylophone (in box, 36 cm) (D-00043) , . Xylophone for children. Length 36 cm. Made of wood and plastic. Not recommended for children under 3 years of age. Contains small parts. For children over 3 years old under adult supervision. Made in…
• Toy xylophone "Little Maestro" (CC 76754) , . Toy xylophone "Little Maestro". Material: plastic with metal elements. For children from 18 months. Packing: box, cardboard. Made in China…

(from Greek xylo - tree + background - sound)- with a certain pitch. It is a series of wooden blocks of different sizes, tuned to certain notes.

The bars are struck with sticks with spherical tips or special hammers that look like small ones (in the jargon of musicians, these hammers are called “ goat legs»).

Xylophone tone sharp, clicking in forte and soft, gurgling in piano.

Origin, history

It has ancient origins - the simplest instruments of this type were and are found to this day among various peoples of Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.

In Europe, the first mention of the xylophone dates back to the beginning of the 16th century: Arnolt Schlick, in his treatise on musical instruments, mentions a similar instrument called hueltze glechter. Until the 19th century, the European xylophone was a fairly primitive instrument, consisting of about two dozen wooden blocks, tied into a chain and laid out on a flat surface to play. The ease of carrying such an instrument attracted the attention of wandering musicians.

Improvements to the xylophone date back to the 1830s. Polish musician Mikhoel Guzikov expanded its range to two and a half octaves, and also changed the design, arranging the bars in a special way in four rows. This model of xylophone was subsequently used for more than a hundred years.

On a modern xylophone, the bars are arranged in two rows like piano keys, equipped with resonators in the form of tin tubes and placed on a special table-stand for ease of movement.

The role of the xylophone in music

First famous case use of the xylophone in the orchestra - Seven Variations by Ferdinand Cauer, written in 1810, in mid-19th century. The French composer Kastner included his parts in his works.

One of the most famous compositions, in which the xylophone is used - a symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns " Dance of Death"(1872).

Currently The xylophone is used in a symphony orchestra, on the stage, and extremely rarely as a solo instrument.

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It is quite obvious that a child’s first musical instruments should be as simple and accessible as possible. Take, for example, the drum, maracas or pipes, the process of playing which even a two-year-old toddler can master. However, with their help it is unlikely that it will be possible to introduce a child to the world of art. Another thing is xylophones and metallophones, where each plate corresponds to a specific note. Both of these tools have characteristic features, which will be discussed in our article.

Definitions

Xylophone– a self-sounding musical instrument of a percussion group. It consists of chromatically tuned wooden blocks of varying lengths arranged in a row. The plates are mounted on a stand and tuned to specific notes. The xylophone is distributed throughout the world, but is most popular in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. To extract sound from the blocks, you need to hit them with special wooden hammers or sticks with ball-shaped tips, which are included with the instrument. The first mention of the xylophone dates back to the 16th century. At that time, the instrument was a rather primitive device, consisting of two dozen wooden plates connected to each other. To extract sound they had to be laid out on a flat surface. Due to its ease of transportation, the instrument was actively used by traveling musicians. The xylophone was improved in the 1830s.

Glockenspiel- percussion musical instrument. It consists of a series of plates fixed horizontally around the perimeter of a wooden body. To produce sound, you need to hit them with special sticks or hammers. The instrument got its name due to the material from which the plates are made. It's obvious that we're talking about about metal, in most cases brass or bronze. The ancestor of the modern musical attribute was the glockenspiel, which came from Asia and was based on bells. In the 19th century they were replaced by metal plates.

Comparison

As can be seen from the above definitions, the main difference between musical instruments lies in the material used to make the plates. The xylophone consists of wooden blocks arranged in a row. The plates of the second tool are made exclusively of metal. This explains their louder and more sonorous sound. The xylophone plays much quieter and more interesting. As a result of hitting the plates with a wooden hammer, you can hear dull, but at the same time quite pleasant sounds that do not hurt the ear. If we talk about a professional instrument, then in a forte its timbre is sharp and clicking, while in a piano it is soft and gurgling. This sound gives the xylophone a special charm.

Both instruments under consideration are divided into two main types. Diatonic xylophones and metallophones consist of a single row of plates that follow the arrangement of white keys on a piano. Such simple instruments are often used as toys for children and are made in the appropriate design. Musical attributes of the chromatic type have a more complex structure and deeper sound. The plates in them are arranged in two rows, similar to white and black piano keys. The capabilities of such tools are much wider, but mastering them will be much more difficult. Another difference between a xylophone and a metallophone is that the former is often used in a symphony orchestra. His parts are included in the works of famous composers. The metallophone is considered primarily an amateur and even children's instrument. While its related bells are often present in the orchestra.

To summarize, what is the difference between a xylophone and a metallophone.

XYLOPHONE

Ding-ding, tone-tone,

Xylo-xylo-xylo-phone.

The xylophone climbed onto the closet,

He was scared of the flamingo.

- You, flamingo, wait!

Don't knock too hard with your beak,

Better take a stick.

And you will hear a gentle ringing.

Just a miracle - the xylophone.

"Xylophone" translated from Greek means singing tree. The first xylophone appeared perhaps when primitive I hit a dry tree with a stick and heard an unusual sound. Currently, similar simple xylophones are found in Africa, Asia and South America. It was brought to Europe by traveling musicians.

The xylophone consists of large quantity wooden blocks that produce sounds of different pitches when struck. The bars are made from maple, alder, walnut, and sometimes rosewood. They are placed on a braided rope made of straw, matting or rubber. The structure is usually installed on a table; sometimes resonators—hollow metal cylinders—are fixed under the blocks. The xylophone sound is abrupt, dry and clicking. It is removed using “goat legs” - wooden sticks with thickenings at the ends, similar to spoons.

Sometimes metal blocks are used instead of wooden blocks. This is a metallophone or vibraphone. All the records are located on the same level, while on the xylophone the bars corresponding to the black keys of the piano are slightly raised. The vibraphone is a complex design. It is placed on a special three-frame table-stand, moved on four wheels. Appeared in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century. Due to its characteristic timbre and great virtuoso capabilities, the vibraphone is widely used in music.

But if you attach a keyboard mechanism like a piano to a metallophone, you get a celesta instrument. It was made by master Auguste Muster in 1886. It is more convenient to play the celesta than with sticks on a metallophone. And the sound is just as gentle and sonorous. During his visit to Paris, P. I. Tchaikovsky heard the celesta and was so fascinated by its magical sound that he introduced the part of this instrument into his works: the ballad “The Voevoda” and the ballet “The Nutcracker.”

The xylophone was first used in an orchestra by Ferdinand Kauer in the mid-19th century. in the work "Seven Variations". One of the most famous works in which the xylophone is used is Saint-Saëns’ symphonic poem “Dance of Death”. The Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov in “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” assigned the xylophone the song “In the garden, in the vegetable garden” to depict a squirrel gnawing golden nuts.