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The Xylophone consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are arranged according to their pitch in scales, very similar to the keys of a piano. Additionally, the modern orchestra xylophone has resonator tubes for each bar, at a range of four octaves. Compared to the marimbaphone, the xylophone has a higher (and narrower) range and its bars are made of a harder wood, resulting in a brighter and more penetrating timbre. In orchestral arrangements, the xylophone commonly emphasizes certain parts of a melodic line in forte or fortissimo. The instrument was played with different mallets: soft, medium, and hard plastic mallets, wood mallets, yarn-wound mallets and cluster mallets.
ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | EXTENDED LIBRARY |
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Wood Mallet
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Single notes
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Rolls strong dynamics, 0.5., 1, and 3 sec.
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Soft Plastic Mallet
| Single notes
| Glissandos fast, medium, and slow, diatonic and chromatic
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Medium Plastic Mallet
| Single notes
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Hard Plastic Mallet
| Single notes
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Yarn Mallet
| Single notes
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Cluster Mallet | Cluster mallets Single hits and tremolo Diatonic, chromatic, and pentatonic |
System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.8 (latest update), Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
VIENNA KEY (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device) or other USB eLicenser (e.g., from Steinberg or Arturia)
1.0 GB free hard drive space
for the Standard Library, 1.0 GB for the Full Library
Other configurations may work but are not actively supported.
*Extended Requires Full
*Full= Standard+Extended
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