Chimes are a percussion instrument, sets of bells in varying pitches.
These include: Chime (bell instrument), an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard Cymbalum or cymbala, word from which chimes derives, used for Greek and medieval instruments Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours Bar chimes (also known as "mark tree"), a series of many small chimes of decreasing length, arranged horizontally Bianzhong, chime bell sets from China, oldest sets are about 2,000 and 3,600 years old Carillon, larger set of tower-mounted bells, played musically Chime bars, individual instruments similar to glockenspiel bars but with resonators Gong chime, wracks of pot-gongs, traditional to Southeast Asia Lithophone or stone chimes, musical instruments made of rock Tubular bells, orchestral instrument, modern chimes in the form of metal tubes Wind chime or Aeolian chime, suspended bells sounded when blown together by the wind Handchimes, an instrument that is rung by hand, similar to handbells.
Chime or chimes may also refer to:
Places Chimes, Arkansas, a community in the United States
People Chime (musician) (born 1994), English dubstep musician Terry Chimes (born 1956), English musician Chime Rinpoche (born 1941), Tibetan Buddhist Lama and Tulku Chime Tulku (born 1991), Buddhist Tulku
Acronyms Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, a radio telescope College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, the professional organization for chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders CHIME syndrome, a rare combination of congenital birth defects
Arts, entertainment, and media Albums Chime (Yuki Saito album), 1986 Chime (Dessa album), 2018 Chimes EP, 2014 EP by Hudson Mohawke
Songs "Chime" (Orbital song), a 1989 single release by Orbital "Chimes" (song), a 2014 single release by Hudson Mohawke "Chime" (Ai Otsuka song), a 2019 single release by Ai Otsuka
Other arts, entertainment, and media Chime (film), a 2024 Japanese film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Chime (novel), a 2011 young adult novel by Franny Billingsley Chime (video game), released in 2010 Chimes (Gavrilin), a Russian-language choral work by Valery Gavrilin that premiered in 1984 Chimes, a magical force that paradoxically destroys magic in the novel Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind
Other uses Chime (company), an American financial technology company Chime, the rim of a barrel, one at each end Macintosh startup chime, the sound a Macintosh computer makes on startup MDL Chime, a plugin used by web browsers to display the 3D structure of molecules Warning chime, a sound used in machinery or computers to alert users of a dangerous condition, error, completion of a process, etc.
See also
Chime Communications (disambiguation) Chimera (disambiguation) Chyme, human body digestive fluid The Chimes (disambiguation)