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.
- 4: Hammers or beaters
- 5: Bare hands and fingers
- 6: Plectrum
- 7: Bowing
- 71: Using a bow
- 72: Using a wheel
- 73: Using a ribbon
- 8: Keyboard
- 9: Using a mechanical drive
List
Instrument |
Tradition |
Complete classification |
Description
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crwth[1]
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Wales |
321.22 |
Six-stringed instrument with a flat fingerboard, fretless
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kinnor[2] David's harp |
Israel |
321.22 |
Biblically-described historic instrument, probably a cithara; in modern Hebrew, refers to the violin
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talharpa [3]
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Swedish Estonia |
321.22-71 |
Bowed lyre with no fingerboard
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References
- von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann". The Galpin Society Journal (The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 14) 14: 3–29. doi:10.2307/842168. JSTOR 842168.
Notes
- ↑ Edgerly, Beatrice (1942). From the Hunter's Bow: The History and Romance of Musical Instruments. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- ↑ "David's Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
In Hebrew kinnor, also known as David's harp, is the national instrument of Israel.
- ↑ 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: 4–34. doi:10.2307/842060. JSTOR 842060.
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| 11. Struck |
- 111. Directly
- 111.1. Concussion
- 111.2. Percussion
- 112. Indirectly
- 112.1. Shaken/rattle
- 112.2. Scraped
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| 12. Plucked |
- 121. Frame
- 122. Comb
- 122.1. Lace
- 122.2. Cut out
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| 13. Friction |
- 131. Stick
- 132. Plaque
- 133. Vessel
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| 14. Blown | |
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| 21. Struck |
- 211. Directly
- 211.1. Bowl
- 211.2. Tubular
- 211.3. Frame
- 212. Shaken
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| 22. Plucked | |
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| 23. Friction |
- 231. Stick
- 232. Cord
- 233. Hand
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| 24. Kazoo |
- 241. Free
- 242. Tube/vessel
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| 31. Simple / zither |
- 311. Bar/stick
- 312. Tube
- 313. Raft
- 314. Board
- 315. Trough
- 316. Frame
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| 41. Free |
- 411. Displacement
- 412. Interruptive
- 412.1. Idiophonic/reed
- 412.2. Non-idiophonic
- 413. Plosive
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