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Idiophone

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An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes. [1]

54 relations: Acoustic membrane, Aeolodion, Amplified cactus, Đàn môi, Bell, Blown idiophone, Bow (music), Ceramic, Concussion, Cymbal, Daxophone, Drum, Drum stick, Flexatone, Friction idiophone, Güiro, Glass, Glass harmonica, Glass harp, Hammer, Hornbostel–Sachs, Ideophone, Jew's harp, Kouxian, Lamellophone, List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number, Maraca, Marimba, Mbira, Metal, Music box, Musical instrument, Musical instrument classification, Musical saw, Nail violin, Orchestra, Percussion instrument, Percussion mallet, Percussion section, Phonograph, Pitched percussion instrument, Pizzicato, Rattle (percussion instrument), Standing bell, Steel tongue drum, String (music), Struck idiophone, Styrophone, Triangle (musical instrument), Verrophone, ..., Vibraphone, Victor-Charles Mahillon, Wood, Wood block. Expand index (4 more) »

Acoustic membrane

An acoustic membrane is a thin layer that vibrates and is used in acoustics to produce or transfer sound, such as a drum, microphone, or loudspeaker.

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Aeolodion

The aeolodion or aeolodicon (also called in Germany Windharmonika) is an obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone being produced from steel springs.

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Amplified cactus

An amplified cactus is a cactus plant (preferably a Denmoza or Geohintonia) used as a musical instrument.

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Đàn môi

Đàn môi (Đàn môi, "lip lute") is the Vietnamese name of a traditional musical instrument widely used in minority ethnic groups in Vietnam.

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Bell

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.

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Blown idiophone

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

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Bow (music)

In music, a bow is a tensioned stick with hair affixed to it that is moved across some part of a musical instrument to cause vibration, which the instrument emits as sound.

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Ceramic

A ceramic is a non-metallic solid material comprising an inorganic compound of metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms primarily held in ionic and covalent bonds.

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Concussion

Concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is typically defined as a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning.

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Cymbal

A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.

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Daxophone

The daxophone, invented by Hans Reichel (1949–2011), is an electric wooden experimental musical instrument of the friction idiophones category.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Drum stick

A drumstick is a type of percussion mallet used particularly for playing snare drum, drum kit and some other percussion instruments, and particularly for playing unpitched percussion.

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Flexatone

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

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Friction idiophone

Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification.

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Güiro

The güiro is a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side.

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Glass

Glass is a non-crystalline amorphous solid that is often transparent and has widespread practical, technological, and decorative usage in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optoelectronics.

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Glass harmonica

The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, glass harmonium, bowl organ, hydrocrystalophone, or simply the armonica or harmonica (derived from ἁρμονία, harmonia, the Greek word for harmony), is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction (instruments of this type are known as friction idiophones).

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Glass harp

A glass harp (also called musical glasses, singing glasses, angelic organ, verrilion or ghost fiddle) is a musical instrument made of upright wine glasses.

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Hammer

A hammer is a tool or device that delivers a blow (a sudden impact) to an object.

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Hornbostel–Sachs

Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie in 1914.

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Ideophone

Ideophones are words that evoke an idea in sound, often a vivid impression of certain sensations or sensory perceptions, e.g. sound (onomatopoeia), movement, color, shape, or action.

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Jew's harp

The Jew's harp, also known as the jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp or juice harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame.

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Kouxian

Kouxian is a general Chinese term for any variety of jaw harp.

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Lamellophone

A lamellophone (also lamellaphone or linguaphone, from the Latin root lingua meaning "tongue", i.e., a long thin plate that is fixed only at one end) is any of a family of musical instruments.

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List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number

The Hornbostel–Sachs system of musical instrument classification defines idiophones as all instruments in which sound is produced primarily by way of the instrument itself vibrating without the use of membranes or strings.

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Maraca

Maraca, sometimes called rumba shaker, shac-shac, and various other names, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music.

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Marimba

The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets called knobs to produce musical tones.

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Mbira

The mbira is an African musical instrument consisting of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs.

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Metal

A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.

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Music box

A music box or musical box is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'') of a steel comb.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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Musical instrument classification

Throughout history, various methods of musical instrument classification have been used.

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Musical saw

A musical saw, also called a singing saw, is a hand saw used as a musical instrument.

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Nail violin

The nail violin is a musical instrument which was invented by German violinist Johann Wilde in 1740.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument.

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Percussion mallet

A percussion mallet or beater is an object used to strike or beat a percussion instrument in order to produce its sound.

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Percussion section

The percussion section is one of the main divisions of the orchestra and the concert band.

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Phonograph

The phonograph is a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.

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Pitched percussion instrument

A pitched percussion instrument is a percussion instrument used to produce musical notes of one or more pitches, as opposed to an unpitched percussion instrument which is used to produce sounds of indefinite pitch.

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Pizzicato

Pizzicato (pizzicato, translated as pinched, and sometimes roughly as plucked) is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument.

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Rattle (percussion instrument)

A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken.

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Standing bell

A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost.

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Steel tongue drum

A steel tongue drum, tank drum or hank drum is a round steel slit/tongue drum originally fashioned from a propane tank.

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String (music)

A string is the vibrating element that produces sound in string instruments such as the guitar, harp, piano (piano wire), and members of the violin family.

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Struck idiophone

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 the use of strings or membranes) that are found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification.

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Styrophone

A styrophone is an acoustic device made from expanded polystyrene foam (often referred to by the genericized trademark Styrofoam).

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Triangle (musical instrument)

The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family.

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Verrophone

A verrophone ("glass-euphonium") is a musical instrument, invented in 1983 by Sascha Reckert, which, "uses tuned glass tubes,"Rossing, Thomas D. (2000).

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Vibraphone

The vibraphone (also known as the vibraharp or simply the vibes) is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.

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Victor-Charles Mahillon

Victor-Charles Mahillon (March 10, 1841 in Brussels – June 17, 1924 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France) was a Belgian musician, instrument builder and writer on musical topics.

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Wood

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Wood block

A wood block (also spelled as a single word, woodblock) is a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiophone

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