Hydraulophone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hydraulophone is a noun meaning (music) Any of several musical instruments that employ the movement of water rather than air.
Meaning
(music) Any of several musical instruments that employ the movement of water rather than air.
Example Sentences
At the core of the Hydraulophone is the idea to create a new tool that encourages children to discover their sense
The creation of a novel instrument called the hydraulophone, whose sound production is created using water as a medium
Straying from classical music, there is Steve Mann's hydraulophone (which, even if not quite a match for a Silbermann organ, is great fun on a summer day): […]
On professional hydraulophones for concert performance, the water jets are often arranged like the keys on a piano, and the instrument is played by pressing down on one or more of the water jets, one for each tone of a diatonic or chromatic scale.
Word Forms
- hydraulophones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydraulicon, hydraulis, hosaphone, harmonium, harmonica, harmoniphon.
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