Musical instruments in the percussion family.
Synonyms
Examples for "chimes "
Examples for "chimes "
1 The chimes will also continue to be heard on RTÉ Radio 1.
2 He heard chimes , but no other sounds came from inside the house.
3 Classical music will be used as warning chimes in a new SUV.
4 The Cathedral chimes had whispered twice in the room before Annie returned.
5 Her words echo in my ear like the sounds of broken chimes .
1 It's not glass, however, because it's shatterproof and because, when tapped hard, it rings like tubular bells .
2 He was performing the tubular bells in a Hindemith piece with the NZSO, conducted by Franz-Paul Decker.
3 I suddenly realised Madman's sound track was playing ' Tubular Bells .
4 We remember his 1973 hit ' Tubular Bells ' .
5 It's a family festival featuring music from Tchaikovsky to Tubular Bells by way of hip-hop, handbells and opera.
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Translations for orchestral chimes