HORNBOSTEL SACHS CLASSIFICATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS It is

HORNBOSTEL & SACHS CLASSIFICATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

It is a system of musical instrument classification devised by. TO Erich Moritz von HOW IDENTIFY AN Hornbostel INSTRUMENT’S and Curt Sachs CLASSIFICATION which is the most widely? usedthe system forofclassifying - Know source the sound or the musical part thatinstruments vibrates to by ethnomusicologists and. produce the sound organologists (people who study musical instruments).

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES 2. CHORDOPHONES 3. AEROPHONES 4. MEMBRANOPHONES

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES Clave Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES Maracas Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Guiro

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES Glockenspiel Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Mbira

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 1. IDIOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? - sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column In essence, this group of air. includes all percussion instruments apart from drums, as well as some other instruments.

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Guitar

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Harp Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Erhu

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Violin

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Gayageum Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Valiha Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Inanga

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 2. CHORDOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? - sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings. This group includes all instruments generally called string instruments in the west, as well as many (but not all) keyboard instruments, such as pianos and harpsichords.

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. AEROPHONES Trumpet Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. AEROPHONES Shakuhachi Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. AEROPHONES Ocarina Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. AEROPHONES Tongali Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. AEROPHONES Oboe Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. AEROPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? - sound is primarily produced by the vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membrane.

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: Which part of the instrument 3. MEMBRANOPHONES vibrates to produce sound? Bodhran

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: Which part of the instrument 3. MEMBRANOPHONES vibrates to produce sound? Tabla

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. MEMBRANOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Darbuka

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 3. MEMBRANOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? Dabakan

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS: 4. MEMBRANOPHONES Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound? - sound is primarily produced by the vibration of tightly stretched membrane. This group includes all drums covered with animal skin.

SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION SOURCE OF SOUND Idiophone Actual body of the instrument is vibrating Chordophone Vibrating string or strings Aerophone Vibrating column of air Membranophone Vibration of a tightly stretched membrane or skin