This instrument has been used in: -Shin Megami Tensei 4 -Deltarune -Terraria Calamity Mod -Rivals of Aether -Touhou Project Seriously, why does every single niche videogame artist use this soundfont?
Tubular bells are also popular with Hip Hop/Trap music; Lil Wayne 'Burn' , Young Jeezy 'Halloween Massacre', 2Pac "Hail Mary", etc. I'd argue that it's one of the few genre that actually does anything interesting with it that goes beyond the 1st down beat and into something melodic.
I have always wanted to learn this instrument and the xylophone they are the nicest sound in my opinion like the beautiful sound in the song “ come let us adore him sung by clay Aiken that Tubular bell chime ending is just amazing aaaah sounds like heaven just beautiful
I usually heard the sound of Chimes during Christmas season. Which makes me think Chimes is best for Christmas since it replicates the sound of Church's Bells.
I remember we had one of these in my middle school band class. I think only 2 songs we played ever called for it but it was always so fun to play. Percussion really is awesome with so many different instruments all with different feelings that you get from playing them. Playing the massive base drum was probably my favorite with xylophone being my second fave. Oh almost forgot timpani drums are tied for second since they're so awesome I don't want to put them any lower.
Lmao the owner of this account is probably wondering why we're all here. If we gave him the sheet music, I wonder if he'd play that part from SMT4 for us
@@MusicArteTux that's my mistake. I should have said out of all of the orchestral percussion instruments the chimes are my favorit. i've herd those instruments some times refered to as keyboard percussion instruments because they have bars, or in this case toobs lined up in the same way the notes would bee on a keyboard of a piano..
Find it a bit perplexing how people are surprised by this instrument! The sound has been readily in the hands of composers since at least the DX7 synth! Soundtrack composers love this bell.
You missed a chance to play The Exorcist theme, which happens to be called tubular bells. Seriously, why has nobody played that theme on this instrument? It would literally be Tubular bells on tubular bells
what kind of xylophone uses Tubular Bells when i was in school there was a xylophone that did not use flat pieces of metal or wood that normally you would hit this one was using pips that was of a chrome color. thy sat on top of some kind of foam. the foam had half circle cut out slots the pips did not have any cap at all and u hit it with a xylophone mallets that was wood ball head on it or thy had some that was like cloth head ball but the wood ones work way better do u know the name of that kind of xylophone?
Question from a composer-I’m writing an orchestra piece and I actually think a more harmonic-filled sound would suit my work better. How do I notate or communicate that to chime players?
I’ve seen these a lot in large orchestras, especially in large churches. The person playing them often play other forms of percussion as well. So there’s a drummer, and then the “secondary”…?? Not sure what you would call it? Second percussionist maybe.
Does it hurt the bells if you strike them without holding down the pedal at all? My former band teacher never told us if that was the case, and I'm wondering because I'm planning on writing a piece where a muted sound would be better than a prolonged sound.
What songs feature this a lot? Ive never found one...apart from the song from the trailer "Joy" I put it on my channel if you want to hear it, but you never hear it featured so much in any other music.
@@kevindunne5753 The exorcist theme doesn't feature tubular bells. They only come around like, 5 minutes after the exorcist theme ends. They also appear in the closing section of the song. Other than that, however, yes. Mike Oldfield does indeed use the instrument a fair bit. Once you've listened to tubular bells, Amarok is just pure delight.
@@gnesix52 Do you know whether there is sheet music for the song "Tubular Bells". I have a hard time in finding solo pieces for chimes/tubular bells in general
My whole life i thought they were just the regular round shaped bell like you see on top of churches. I feel dumb for not thinking about the appearance based on its name. 🤣
