The term may be used generally, to include all such instruments, such as the marimba and balafon or, more specifically, to refer to an orchestral instrument of somewhat higher pitch range than the chromatic marimba.

A xylophone with a range extending downwards into the marimba range is called a xylorimba.

There is no standard range of the marimba, but the most common ranges are 4 octaves, 4. 3 octaves and 5 octaves ; 4. 5, 4. 6 and 5. 5 octave sizes are also available.

Adding higher notes is also impractical because the hardness of the mallets required to produce the characteristic tone of a marimba are much too hard to play with in almost any other, lower range on the instrument.

Emil's bass marimbas were bought at different times ; the contrabass marimba ( range of G1-G3 ) in the 1960s, and the bass marimba ( range of C2-F3 ) in the 1980s.

Mallets used on the bass marimba range from hard, large mallets to accentuate more of a bass line, to mushy soft mallets to bring out the more sonorous bottom ( such as in live marimba ensemble performances ).

The xylorimba ( sometimes referred to as xylo-marimba or marimba-xylophone ) is a pitched percussion instrument corresponding to a xylophone with an extended range ( and not to a combination of a xylophone with a marimba, as the name might suggest ).

In addition, at her urging, the range of the new marimba was stretched from four octaves to five, which has become the standard for soloists.

Stone marimba, range C3-C5 ( from Emil Richards Collection )

The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.

As time has passed and science has progressed, the speed of military vehicles has increased, the range of missiles has been extended, the use of target-hunting noses on the projectiles has been adopted, and the range and breadth of message sending has increased.

Because of the means of publication -- science-fiction magazines and cheap paperbacks -- and because dystopian science fiction is still appearing in quantity the full range and extent of this phenomenon can hardly be known, though one fact is evident: the science-fiction imagination has been immensely fertile in its extrapolations.

Notable in this category are the Jupiter and Thor intermediate range ballistic missiles, which have been successfully developed, produced, and deployed, but the relative importance of which has diminished with the increasing availability of the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile.

The outboard engine of today has a phenomenal range of one to 80 horsepower, unheard of a few years ago for a two cycle engine in quantity production.

In the relatively short time since these early observations, Venus has been observed at additional wave lengths in the range from 0.8 to 10.2 cm, and Jupiter has been observed over the wave-length range from 3.03 to 68 Aj.

even the famed Indian Civil Service is not fully adequate to the tremendous range of tasks it has undertaken.

To the extent that the new Administration has its wishes, the Federal Reserve would conduct its open market operations throughout the entire maturity range of Government securities and aggressively seek to force down long-term interest rates.

They range from the Soviet Embassy on Sixteenth Street, a gray shuttered pile suggesting a funeral-accessories display house, to what Congressman Rooney has called `` that monstrosity on Thirty-fourth Street '', the modern cement-and-glass chancery of the Belgians.

This big, flexible voice with uncommon range has been superbly disciplined.

Anatolia has a varied range of climates.

Radio observations of the moon have been made over the range of wave lengths from 4.3 mm to 75 cm, and the results are summarized in Table 1.

Large numbers of potential builders have been investigated, but none have been found to be as effective as the polyphosphates over the relatively wide range of conditions met in practice.

At the top of Figure 5, for example, the Onset range and Completion range lines for the chosen growth center have been drawn for girls according to their mean and standard deviation values in Table 1.

Presently they had to give up running the furnace at full capacity and depend on the old coal range in the kitchen, which had never been removed when the new gas range was installed, and the fireplaces and an electric heater in Grandma's room.

From an analysis of relationships and diversities within the Asterales and with their superorders, estimates of the age of the beginning of the Asterales have been made, which range from 116 Mya to 82Mya.

In the years before the Tokugawa shogunate, that innovative daimyo from Western Japan had been actively involved in negotiating trade and diplomatic treaties with Spain and with the colonies of New Spain ( Mexico ) and the Philippines ; and it was anticipated that the mere presence of the Princess could serve to underscore the range of possibilities which could be inferred from that little-known history.

However, some antibacterials have been associated with a range of adverse effects.

* Alien big cat or phantom cat, a large feline that has been purported to appear in regions outside its indigenous range

An alternate explanation of the red fox's gains involves the gray wolf: Historically, it has kept red fox numbers down, but as the wolf has been hunted to near extinction in much of its former range, the red fox population has grown larger, and it has taken over the niche of top predator.

A wide range of testing devices have been devised to evaluate the fracture resistance of bonded structures in pure mode I, pure mode II or in mixed mode.

But during the past 15 years, it has been reported in women taking calcium supplements above the recommended range of 1200 to 1500 mg daily, for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, and is exacerbated by dehydration.

Burroughs developed a range of adding machines with different capabilities, gradually increasing in their capabilities.

The northern range in the Hejaz seldom exceeds 2, 100 meters, and the elevation gradually decreases toward the south to about 600 meters around Mecca.

The eastern slope of the mountain range in Asir is gentle, melding into a plateau region that drops gradually into the Rub al Khali.

Following Chrysler Europe's collapse in 1977, and the sale of their assets to Peugeot, the Chrysler / Dodge British and Spanish factories were quickly passed on to Renault Véhicules Industriels, who gradually re-branded the range of vans and trucks as Renaults through the 1980s.

Though it has since been gradually changed, the front ( east ) range is still much as it appeared when first erected in the 16th-century.

The northwest end of the range is at 52 ° N and between 84 ° and 90 ° E ( where it merges with the Sayan Mountains to the east ), and extends southeast from there to about 45 ° N and 99 ° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the Gobi Desert.

On the east and southeast this range is flanked by the great plateau of Mongolia, the transition being effected gradually by means of several minor plateaus, such as Ukok 2380 m with Pazyryk Valley, Chuya 1, 830 m, Kendykty 2, 500 m, Kak 2, 520 m, Suok 2, 590 m, and Juvlu-kul 2, 410 m.

Celluloid gradually replaced hard rubber, which enabled production in a much wider range of colors and designs.

Since then, the European Community has gradually evolved to Union in which a whole range of policy areas where its member states hope to benefit from working together.

On the road purple jersey, the white mountain range gradually fades to purple just above the numbers, which are white, with copper interior trim and teal outlining.

It is a small crescent shaped range, with a high point some 750 m above sea level, running roughly north south with steep cliffs on the eastern side sloping more gradually down to the plane in the west.

Among a range of measures, the agreement abolishes arable set-aside, increases milk quotas gradually leading up to their abolition in 2015, and converts market intervention into a genuine safety net.

Asynchronous terminal vendors gradually improved their products with a range of smart terminal features, usually accessed via escape sequences.

The Harz is a fault-block mountain range, that rises abruptly from the surrounding lowlands in the west and northeast and gradually dips towards the south.

As the middle and late Republic saw this influence gradually stripped, non-patricians ( i. e. plebeians ) were granted equal rights on a range of areas, and quotas of officials, including one of the two consulships, were exclusively reserved for plebeians.

Entering outer space within a half an hour and already near Soyuz 2, Beregovoy gradually guided his craft within docking range ( under 200 meters ) of the satellite.

New Zealand units which gradually took over much of the fighting in the later parts of the conflict, introduced a range of new units, tactics and weapons to match the demands of the campaigns from 1863.

Each lesson consists of comfortable, easy movements that gradually evolve into movements of greater range and complexity.

Elevations rise gradually in an east to west / south to north trajectory, and range anywhere from or less in the wooded swamplands behind Westwood Regional High School to approximately just west of Van Emburgh Avenue.

While there are no subspecies, all populations show great individual variation in colouring, and the birds gradually become paler and greyer towards the east of the range.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, harpsichord builders gradually increased the size and bass range of their instruments, to the point where every bass note could be properly played with its own key.

The basic Vostok design has remained in use for some forty years, gradually adapted for a range of other unmanned satellites.

The eastern slopes drop very quickly to the Indus River, but towards west, the mountain range drops gradually to the Sistan Basin.

The Carmel range is approximately 6. 5 to 8 km ( 4 to 5 miles ) wide, sloping gradually towards the southwest, but forming a steep ridge on the northeastern face, 546 m ( 1, 810 ft ) high.