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Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
 family. Each bell
Bell (instrument)

A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually an open-ended hollow drum which resonates upon being struck....
 is a metal tube, 30–38 mm (1¼–1½ inches) in diameter, tuned by altering its length. They range from C4 (middle C
Middle C

C or Do is the first note of the fixed-Do solf?ge.In Western music, the expression "Middle C" refers to the musical note "C" located exactly between the two staff of the grand staff and near the top and bottom, respectively, of the bass voice and soprano voices....
) to F5. Tubular bells are often replaced by Studio Chimes which are a smaller and usually less expensive instrument. Studio chimes are similar in appearance to tubular bells, but each bell has a smaller diameter than the corresponding bell on tubular bells.

Tubular bells are typically struck on the top edge of the tube with a rawhide
Rawhide

Rawhide is a Hides or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning. It is much lighter in color than leather made by traditional vegetable tanning....
- or plastic-headed hammer
Hammer

A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving Nail s, fitting parts, and breaking up objects....
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Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
 family. Each bell
Bell (instrument)

A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually an open-ended hollow drum which resonates upon being struck....
 is a metal tube, 30–38 mm (1¼–1½ inches) in diameter, tuned by altering its length. They range from C4 (middle C
Middle C

C or Do is the first note of the fixed-Do solf?ge.In Western music, the expression "Middle C" refers to the musical note "C" located exactly between the two staff of the grand staff and near the top and bottom, respectively, of the bass voice and soprano voices....
) to F5. Tubular bells are often replaced by Studio Chimes which are a smaller and usually less expensive instrument. Studio chimes are similar in appearance to tubular bells, but each bell has a smaller diameter than the corresponding bell on tubular bells.

Tubular bells are typically struck on the top edge of the tube with a rawhide
Rawhide

Rawhide is a Hides or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning. It is much lighter in color than leather made by traditional vegetable tanning....
- or plastic-headed hammer
Hammer

A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving Nail s, fitting parts, and breaking up objects....
. Often, a sustain pedal
Sustain pedal

A sustain pedal or sustaining pedal is the most commonly used piano pedals in a modern piano. It is typically the rightmost of two or three pedals....
 will be attached to allow extended ringing of the bells. The bands of the Indian Army use these bells when playing the hymn "Abide With Me". Tubular bells are used in popular music
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
, as well.

Tubular bells have been popularized in western culture by the song "Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Bells

"Carol of the Bells" is a choral miniature work originally composed by the Ukraine composer Mykola Leontovych....
", and the Mike Oldfield album Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells

Tubular Bells is the debut vinyl record of English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. The late Vivian Stanshall provided the voice of the "Master of Ceremonies" who reads off the list of instruments at the end of the first movement....
 and its sequels, the latter best known as the opening theme from The Exorcist
The Exorcist (film)

The Exorcist is a 1973 in film United States horror film, adapted from the 1971 The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl, and her mother?s desperate attempts to win back her daughter through an exorcism conducted by two priests....
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The tubes used provide a purer tone than solid cylindrical chimes, such as those on a mark tree
Mark tree

A mark tree is a percussion instrument used primarily for musical colour. It consists of many small chimes ? typically cylinders of solid metal approximately 6 mm in diameter ? of varying lengths mounted hanging from a bar....
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The animated television series Futurama
Futurama

Futurama is an Animated cartoon United States Situation comedy created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
s theme is played on tubular bells. The "funding for this program provided by..." rider that followed the end credits of the children's television show Sesame Street
Sesame Street

Sesame Street is an Television in the United States educational children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both edutainment....
 also prominently featured tubular bells in the 1980s.

See also

  • Chime
    Chime

    Chime may be:A musical instrument or tone:* Chime , an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard....
     (disambiguation)
  • Wind chime
    Wind chime

    Wind chimes are chimes constructed from suspended tubes, rods or other objects and are often made of metal or wood. Wind chimes are usually hung outside of a building and are intended to be played by the wind....
    s
  • Mark tree
    Mark tree

    A mark tree is a percussion instrument used primarily for musical colour. It consists of many small chimes ? typically cylinders of solid metal approximately 6 mm in diameter ? of varying lengths mounted hanging from a bar....


External links

  • - Vienna Symphonic Library