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)...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

(/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...

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...

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)...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

more of the above families except brass) Some less common families are: Idiophone family Plasmaphone family Hydraulophone family Free Reed subfamily (woodwind)...

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

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...

similar to the theremin. The musical saw is classified as a plaque friction idiophone with direct friction (132.1) under the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical...

idiophones 111.24 pitched percussion Kalimba idiophones 122.1 Zimbabwe pitched percussion Mbira Kayamb (Kayamba) idiophones Africa Kemanak idiophones...

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...

Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Russian Russian folk music is used as the basic foundation...

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