Can a xylophone enable me to play in lots of different keys, not just the key of C? I had a xylophone when I was four point seven but it was only a c d e f g a b c xylophone. Any ideas where I can purchase a BIGGER xylophone?

It was a toy that only plays a C major scale.

You can find some online music stores that sell real musical instruments (I'm not a salesman).

http://www.wwbw.com/

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1311&_nkw=xylophone&_sacat=See-All-Categories

1) "The three main kinds of classroom-tuned percussion instruments
are the glockenspiel, the metallophone and xylophone (NOT xylophoneS).
■ The glockenspiel has bright chrome sound bars.
■ The metallophone has satin finish alloy sound bars.
■ The xylophone has wood, or wood-look sound bars.
Each is made in various sizes, small ones – soprano instruments; medium –
alto or tenor instruments; and large – bass instruments.
A diatonic instrument has the notes which are on the white keys of the piano.
A chromatic instrument has black key notes as well. The chromatic
instrument makes it possible to play in any key."
Source and further information:
http://www.sycd.co.uk/primary/pdf/physical-processes/6.4_teacher.pdf

Further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel


2) "Here are five scales that can be played on most 'school' instruments. Nearly all of these come with extra keys for the notes F# and Bb intended for substitution of F and B as required. Obviously, if you have a fully chromatic xylophone you have more possibilities but I think you'll find a lot to interest you in these scales:

C Major pentatonic: CDEGAC

D Minor pentatonic: DFGACD

'Japanese' pentatonic: EFABCE

C Lydian pentatonic: CDEF#AC

E Blues pentatonic (with passing note): EGA(Bb)BDE

To avoid wrong notes, remove from the instrument any keys that don't figure in the chosen scale. Also, extrapolate the scale over the range of the instrument using the high A key etc.

Oh, and what is a pentatonic scale? Any scale containing only five (different) notes. Many have no semitone intervals, making them easier to sing in than diatonic scales."
Source and further information:
http://playwithsound.blogspot.com/2009/04/five-pentatonic-scales.html


3) "An easy played musical instrument any woodworker can build"
Source and further information:
http://books.google.com/books?id=gycDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq="a+xylophone"+chromatic&source=bl&ots=tZ5hBRkrl9&sig=jgTcr0UtmQpUFwoUKiH9W6vIvFI&hl=en&ei=V8KrStP_DIqMsAaX8_isBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Further information:
- "Percussion Timeline":
http://www.propercussion.org/filer/perctimeline.pdf

I don't know the answer to your question, but to help your search I will tell you that what you are looking for is a 'chromatic' xylophone.

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This is a xylophone...