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xylophone

a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets
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Summary

xylophone is a type of musical instrument[1]. xylophone draws 6,369 Wikipedia views per month (type of musical instrument category, ranking #40 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: chime bar[3]
  • Commons category: Xylophones[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Xylophones[5]
  • Commons gallery: Xylophone[6]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 111.212[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

xylophone has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] xylophone is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struc
    Sitelink count → 85
    Wikipedia languages → ['ann', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bo', 'br', 'ca
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