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What does the Hornbostel-Sachs system classify?

Question #150824. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Mar 19 2024.
Originally posted Mar 19 2024 8:06 PM.

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The Hornbostel-Sachs system classifies musical instruments based on how they make sounds and are classified into 5 categories. Idiophones are percussion instruments by hitting, shaking, or scraping. The next are membranophones which use a membrane to make sound like a snare drum. Chordophones make sounds by vibrating strings. Aerophones vibrate the air as in horns. Finally, electrophones make sounds by electrical means.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_instruments_by_Hornbostel%E2%80%93Sachs_number
Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Mar 19 2024.
Mar 19 2024, 8:08 PM
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