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...

autophones. The most common are struck idiophones, or concussion idiophones, which are made to vibrate by being struck, either directly with a stick or...

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

classification, idiophones are first categorized according to the method used to play the instrument. The result is four main categories: struck idiophones (11)...

(/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-...

often played by striking, in which case they sound a bell note as a struck idiophone (Hornbostel–Sachs classification 111.242.11). Alternatively, some bells...

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

by a soloist and either bowed or drummed, played as a friction or struck idiophone, with movements to affect the water inside. This combines the resonant...

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

is categorised as 112.13 as a vessel rattle, a type of indirectly struck idiophone. Antoinette Konan Music of Africa "Antoinette Konan: Antoinette Konan...

A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle – traditionally made of...

xylophone etc., /ˈbæləfoʊn/) is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone. It is closely associated with the neighbouring Mandé, Bwaba Bobo,...

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike...

The keyboard glockenspiel (French: jeu de timbre) or organ glockenspiel[clarification needed] is an instrument consisting of a glockenspiel operated by...

traditionally cut from a dried gourd. The caxixi is an indirectly struck idiophone. Like the maraca, it is sounded by shaking. Variations in sound are...

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)...

Brazilian Samba as an undertone. The ganzá is classified as an indirectly struck idiophone. Caxixi Chocalho Afoxé Laurence Libin, ed. (2014). "Ganzá". The Grove...

in the eastern region of the island. It is classified as a directly struck idiophone, traditionally made out of a hollowed tree trunk, which the player...

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

The quijada, charrasca, or jawbone (in English) is an idiophone percussion instrument made from the jawbone of a donkey, horse, mule, or cattle, producing...

flexatone or fleximetal is a modern percussion instrument (an indirectly struck idiophone) consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame...

them back and forth in the air rather than striking them. Most may also be struck for a greater accent on certain beats. Shakers are often used in rock and...

Classification Percussion Hornbostel–Sachs classification 112.1 (Shaken idiophones or rattles – The player executes a shaking motion) Inventor(s) Martin...

smaller Christian denomination Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone Cocktail shaker, a device used to mix beverages (usually alcoholic)...

Percussion (Metallophone) Hornbostel–Sachs classification 111.222 (Directly struck idiophone) Inventor(s) William Loughborough Developed Middle 20th century Volume...

The skrabalai is a Lithuanian folk tuned percussion instrument consisting of wooden bells. Trapezoid-shaped wooden troughs of various sizes in several...

Percussion instrument Other names bones Classification Idiophone Struck idiophone Directly struck idiophones Hornbostel–Sachs classification 111.11 (Concussion...

instrument" in a bell orchestra in Igboland. It is an instrument of the struck idiophone class and is made of iron by specialist blacksmiths. The bell has a...

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

sonorous rocks or lithophonic rocks, are rocks that resonate like a bell when struck. Examples include the Musical Stones of Skiddaw in the English Lake District;...