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  2. List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    121.1 Clack idiophones - The lamella is carved in the surface of a fruit shell, which serves as resonator. Cricri. 121.2 Guimbardes and Jaw harps - The lamella is mounted in a rod- or plaque-shaped frame and depends on the player's mouth cavity for resonance.

  3. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number

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    Electrophones are instruments in which sound is generated by electrical means. While it is not officially in any published form of the Hornbostel–Sachs system, and hence, lacking proper numerical subdivisions, it is often considered a fifth main category. Croix Sonore. Denis d'or. Drum machine.

  4. Idiophone - Wikipedia

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    An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow (as with aerophones), strings (chordophones), membranes (membranophones) or electricity (electrophones). It is the first of the four main divisions in the original Hornbostel–Sachs system of musical ...

  5. Category:Idiophones - Wikipedia

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    Category:Idiophones. Category. : Idiophones. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Idiophones. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, idiophones are designated as '1'. 1: Idiophones. instrument in which the substance of the instrument itself produces sounds, without requiring stretched membranes or strings.

  6. Lamellophone - Wikipedia

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    A Jew's harp. A lamellophone (also lamellaphone or linguaphone) is a member of the family of musical instruments that makes its sound by a thin vibrating plate called a lamella or tongue, which is fixed at one end and has the other end free. When the musician depresses the free end of a plate with a finger or fingernail, and then allows the ...

  7. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 11

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    This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 11 under that system. These instruments are directly struck idiophones. 1: Idiophones. instrument in which the substance of the instrument itself produces sounds, without requiring stretched membranes or strings. 11: Struck idiophones ...

  8. Castanets - Wikipedia

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    Castanets. Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, [1] Ottoman, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic, Portuguese, Brazilian and Swiss music. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome there was a similar instrument called the crotalum. The instrument consists of a pair of concave ...

  9. Blown idiophone - Wikipedia

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    Blown idiophone. A blown idiophone is one of the categories of musical instruments found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound when stimulated by moving air. For example, the aeolsklavier features sticks while the piano chanteur features plaques.