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Instrument · Mallet percussion

Virtual glockenspiel

Play bright ringing chromatic metal bars, or switch to a simpler classroom scale. Touch, drag or use your keyboard.

METAL · MELODIC PERCUSSION

Bright, ringing notes.

Choose a layout, then play with mouse, touch or keyboard. All sounds are synthesized in your browser.

C5–C7
0 notes · session only

Tap the bars or use your keyboard to start playing.

Computer keyboard: 1–0 and Q–T for the first 15 bars. Touch-drag across bars for glissando. Recording is an in-memory session preview only, not an audio file. These are synthesized tones, not acoustic recordings.

BRIGHTER PERCUSSION

Hear how timbre changes.

Compare the same melody on glockenspiel and xylophone. The higher register and longer metallic decay give the notes a different character, with both classroom and chromatic layouts available.

Compare virtual xylophone →

Practise hearing intervals →