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)...

for classifying musical instruments, plucked idiophones. There are two main categories of plucked idiophones, those that are in the form of a frame (121)...

that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and chordophone. The percussion section of an...

Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed...

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...

idiophone is one of the categories of musical instruments found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones...

strings. Idiophones set in motion by a percussion action: hitting, shaking, or scraping. Also see Struck idiophone. 111.1 Concussion Idiophones or clappers...

played as a makeshift percussion instrument, or more specifically, an idiophone related to the castanets. They are played by hitting one spoon against...

includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones. Where an instrument...

in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1). According to Sachs, SHAKEN IDIOPHONES are rattles (not to be confused with clappers)...

stretched across the top of a true drum. It is classed instead as an idiophone in which the entire instrument vibrates. A slit drum is usually carved...

/sɪˈlɛstə/ or celeste /sɪˈlɛst/, also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or...

grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones. Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta) Diwas Palendag – lip-valley...

bungkaka, also known as the bamboo buzzer is a percussion instrument (idiophone) made out of bamboo common in numerous indigenous tribes around the Philippines...

percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Trap drums Abakua and Arará drums Chekere/Shekere...

actually designates two rather different instruments, a membranophone and an idiophone. The membranophone fish drum is the symbol of Elder Zhang Guo, one of...

forefinger. Musicologists classify it as a lamellaphone, part of the plucked idiophone family of musical instruments. In Eastern and Southern Africa, there are...

family Electronic family Keyboard family Some less common families are: Idiophone family Plasmaphone family Hydraulophone family Free Reed subfamily (woodwind)...

is an electric wooden experimental musical instrument of the friction idiophones category. The dax in daxophone is derived from the German word Dachs,...

pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell...

several levels below those, adding up to over 300 basic categories in all. Idiophones primarily produce their sounds by means of the actual body of the instrument...

idiophone (Hornbostel–Sachs classification 111.242.11). Alternatively, some bells may be capable of 'singing bowl' operation as a friction idiophone,...

drum, tank drum, or hank drum is a round steel slit/tongue drum in the idiophone family originally fashioned from a propane cylinder. A steel tongue drum...

instruments), aerophones (wind instruments), membranophones (drums) and idiophones (non-drum percussion instruments). Chikara Dhantara Dilruba Ektara violin...

African slaves. Blench (2009) suggests a connection with the scraped idiophones of Cameroon and other regions of West and Central Africa (see list of...

Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, Ottoman, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic...

Historically, idiophones (percussion instruments without membranes or strings) have been widespread throughout the Caribbean music area, which encompasses...

Percussion instrument Other names Chimpta, musical fire tongs Classification idiophone Related instruments Dhol Musicians Alam Lohar, Arif Lohar, Kamal Heer...

The cowbell is an idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music, such as Latin and rock. It is named after the similar bell used...

chordophones in Southeast Asia Idiophones were extremely important in Chinese music, hence the majority of early instruments were idiophones. Poetry of the Shang...