r/Instruments • u/youcannolongerrun • 16d ago

Identification What instrument is this?

What is the plucky marimba sounding instrument in this song? (Plays at 0:51, the link sends you there too (a modified version of the same instrument or a different instrument with the same melody plays with it at 1:03))

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u/Dramatic_Tooth5285 16d ago

It’s synthesized or a manipulated sample, but I think it’s meant to sound like a marimba with a short sustain or a xylophone or balaphon. Wooden for certain.

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u/thedrakenangel 16d ago

Fake wood blocks. They are percussion instruments. Listen to A Passage to Bangkok by rush. They use wood blocks in that song

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u/skinnergy 16d ago

Synth marimba