• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The word “xylophone” comes from the Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon) meaning “wood” and φωνή (phōnḗ) meaning “sound” or “voice.”

    So this instrument with metal bars that you hit with a hammer to produce sound is called a…?

    That’s right! A “glockenspiel!”

    (I stole this from someone else on the internet.)