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  2. Shō (instrument) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321. ...

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    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 ).

  4. Sheng (volume) - Wikipedia

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    The following table is based on the "Weights and Measures Acts" of the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), which came into effect on January 1, 1930. The Chinese volume units listed in the "Chinese Name Plan for Unified Metric Units of Measurement" of the People's Republic of China in 1959 are Chinese dan, dou, sheng , and ge .

  5. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number

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    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

  6. Family of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel-Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families and families of families. Some commonly recognized families are: Strings family; Woodwind family ...

  7. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 32

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    321: Instruments in which the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table 321.1 : Instruments in which each string has its own flexible carrier ( bow lutes ) 321.2 : Instruments in which the string is attached to a yoke that consists of a cross-bar and two arms, with the yoke lying in the same plane as the sound-table ( lyres or yoke lutes )

  8. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 321.21

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    This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.21 under that system. These instruments may be known as bowl lyres . 3 : Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings ( chordophones , string instruments ).

  9. Mouth organ - Wikipedia

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    A mouth organ is any free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed. [1] Though it spans many traditions, it is played universally the same way by the musician placing their lips over a chamber or holes in the instrument, and blowing or sucking air to create a sound. [2]