The Emergence Machine

Xylophone

physical · Arts · Level 10 · E9

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Emergence definition

A percussion instrument with tuned wooden bars that produces sound through striking, often used to create melodies and rhythms.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “xylophone” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “xylophone”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0XylophoneMelodyNotePitchRhythmWood… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureChangeMatterRhythm AbstractWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesXylophoneL10WoodL7MelodyL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Wood L7 (requires) polysemous
    Percussion instrument with tuned wooden bars -- prerequisite: wood
  • Melody L9 (requires)
    Percussion instrument with tuned wooden bars -- prerequisite: melody