Mark tree

Chimes (English, also mark tree ) are a percussion instrument of different length (usually under 25cm ) consists of a number of tone bars made ​​of metal. These are closely attached side by side hanging on a carrier and to achieve an " introductory " sound effect from the highest to the lowest bar ( and vice versa) was injured in a train with a mallet or the fingernails. The actual sound is produced here by the clashing of the adjacent metal rods. You generate a descending sound similar to a harp, whose strings traveling from top to bottom, but with a metallic timbre. There are also chimes from wood, bamboo, glass or shells, which are then referred to accordingly. As the " Chimes " are sometimes referred to in English and tubular bells or chimes.

Its main field of application have the Chimes in jazz and pop ballads.

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