The Xilofone Circular is an instrument generally used as a sound effect, not having therefore no specific technical execution. This instrument can be played in different ways: with a stick or even with a small ball inside, causing it to spin and excite all blades in a cyclical fashion. This instrument was designed focused in some desired effects in contemporary repertoire, with his standard model produced with eight blades of selected rosewood and a octagonal sounding board in birch plywood. The instrument is sold with a hard stick and two balls of different hardnesses, one in wood and one in cork. Dimensions: base octagonal eight blades of different dimensions.

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The Xilofone Circular is an instrument generally
used as a sound effect, not having therefore no
specific technical execution. This instrument can
be played in different ways: with a stick or even
with a small ball inside, causing it to spin and
excite all blades in a cyclical fashion.
This instrument was designed focused in some
desired effects in contemporary repertoire, with
his standard model produced with eight blades of
selected rosewood and a octagonal sounding
board in birch plywood.
The instrument is sold with a hard stick and two
balls of different hardnesses, one in wood and
one in cork.
Dimensions: base octagonal eight blades of
different dimensions.
O Xilofone Circular é um instrumento utilizado
geralmente como efeito sonoro, não tendo por
isso, nenhuma técnica específica de execução.
Este instrumento pode ser tocado de diversas
formas, com uma baqueta, ou até com uma
pequena bola no seu interior, fazendo-a girar e
excitar todas as lâminas de uma forma cíclica.
Este instrumento foi concebido a pensar em
alguns efeitos desejados em repertório
contemporâneo, sendo que o modelo standard é
produzido com oito lâminas de madeira
seleccionada de pau-santo e uma caixa de
ressonância octogonal em contraplacado de
bétula.
O instrumento é vendido com uma baqueta dura
e duas bolas de durezas diferentes, uma em
madeira e a outra em cortiça.
Dimensões: base octogonal e oito lâminas de
diferentes dimensões.