List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.22

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.22 under that system. These instruments may be known as box lyres.

3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument
321: Instruments in which the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table (lutes)
321.2: Instruments in which the string is attached to a yoke that consists of a cross-bar and two arms, with the yoke laying in the same plane as the sound-table (lyres or yoke lutes)
321.22: Instruments in which the resonator is a built-up wooden box

These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.

List


Instrument Tradition Complete classification Description
crwth[1]
Wales 321.22 Six-stringed instrument with a flat fingerboard, fretless
kinnor[2]
David's harp
Israel 321.22 Biblically-described historic instrument, probably a cithara; in modern Hebrew, refers to the violin
talharpa [3]
Swedish Estonia 321.22-71 Bowed lyre with no fingerboard

References

Notes

  1. Edgerly, Beatrice (1942). From the Hunter's Bow: The History and Romance of Musical Instruments. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  2. "David's Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007. In Hebrew kinnor, also known as David's harp, is the national instrument of Israel.
  3. Andersson, Otto (August 1970). "The Bowed Harp of Trondheim Cathedral and Related Instruments in East and West". The Galpin Society Journal (The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 23) 23: 434. doi:10.2307/842060. JSTOR 842060.
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