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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
111.211 Individual percussion sticks. The triangle is a musical instrument in the percussion family, classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system. Triangles are made from a variety of metals including aluminum, beryllium copper, brass, bronze, iron, and steel. The metal is bent into a triangular shape with one open end.
Struck idiophone. Struck idiophones is one of the categories of idiophones (that is, any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes) that are found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. Struck idiophones are categorised as 11 in ...
Friction idiophone. Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the musical saw and the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a category for musical instruments categorised by Hornbostel–Sachs as 112.1 Shaken Idiophones or ...