Chime

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Chimes are a percussion instrument, sets of bells in varying pitches.

These include:

  • Chime (bell instrument), an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard
  • Cymbalum or cymbala, word from which chimes derives, used for Greek and medieval instruments
  • Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours
  • Bar chimes (also known as "mark tree"), a series of many small chimes of decreasing length, arranged horizontally
  • Bianzhong, chime bell sets from China, oldest sets are about 2,000 and 3,600 years old
  • Carillon, larger set of tower-mounted bells, played musically
  • Chime bars, individual instruments similar to glockenspiel bars but with resonators
  • Gong chime, wracks of pot-gongs, traditional to Southeast Asia
  • Lithophone or stone chimes, musical instruments made of rock
  • Tubular bells, orchestral instrument, modern chimes in the form of metal tubes
  • Wind chime or Aeolian chime, suspended bells sounded when blown together by the wind
  • Handchimes, an instrument that is rung by hand, similar to handbells.

Chime or chimes may also refer to:

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