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A woman playing the shō. The shō was first used as a solo instrument for contemporary music by the Japanese performer Mayumi Miyata.Miyata and other shō players who specialize in contemporary music use specially constructed instruments whose silent pipes are replaced by pipes that sound notes unavailable on the more traditional instrument, giving a wider range of pitches.
This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.314 under that system. These instruments may be known as spike frame lutes . 3 : Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings ( chordophones , string instruments ).
Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann Erich M. von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs. The Galpin Society Journal volume 14, March 1961 pages 3-25 ; Comprehensive Table of Musical Instrument Classifications; Vietnamese Chordophones; Arabic Chordophones; more chordophones
This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.311 under that system. These instruments may be known as spike bowl lutes . 3 : Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings ( chordophones , string instruments ).
The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...
Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie in 1914. [1]
This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 314.122 under that system (box zithers). These instruments are board zithers that use slats as resonators. 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.11 under that system. These instruments may be known as arched harps. These are instruments in which one or more strings produce sound by vibrating, and where the string carrier and resonator are physically united, with strings at ...