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The first three Hornbostel Sachs numbers describe instruments that make sound from matter in its solid state. The fourth HS number describes instruments that make sound from matter in its gaseous state (air). The fifth HS number describes instruments that make sound from electricity and/or electrical energy.
Hornbostel–Sachs classification Description ajaeng 아쟁, 牙箏 Korea: 312.22 Half-tube zither with seven silk strings, played with a piece of forsythia wood Đàn tranh 檀箏 Vietnam: 312.22 Wooden-bodied and steel-stringed zither gayageum [1] [2] kayagum, kayago, kayagŭm, 가야금, 伽倻琴 Korea: 312.22-5
Hornbostel and Sachs based their ideas on a system devised in the late 19th century by Victor-Charles Mahillon, the curator of musical instruments at Brussels Conservatory. Mahillon divided instruments into four broad categories according to the nature of the sound-producing material: an air column; string; membrane; and body of the instrument.
This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.212.1 under that system. These instruments are chromatic frame harps with strings in one plane. 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 ...
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).
Pages in category "Lists of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Instrument Tradition Hornbostel–Sachs classification Description goura [1]: Khoikhoi: 311.121.222 Single stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with the string attached to a coconut shell resonator and with a tension noose wrapped around the string to adjust the pitch