The eighth movement, "The Resurrected and the Song of the Star Aldebaran, " strikes a meditative mood, with strings chanting a gently shifting melody while stars twinkle and birds twitter in the glockenspiel, piccolo and piano.

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Instead, they use the glockenspiel, the mellotron, bells, and wood instruments.

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Robotic Glockenspiel Player: XILO is a slightly frightening-looking device which uses the Lego camera to watch the player and transfer his or her movements into real-time Glockenspiel playing: "With just a little practice, you can make XILO create beautiful music!"

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He played the digit-ditty on a variety of fashionably humble instruments, from accordion and ukulele to toy glockenspiel.

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