- List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 322.211
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This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.211 under that system. These instruments are diatonic frame harps.
- 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
- 322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)
- 322.2: Instrument has a pillar (frame harps)
- 322.21: Instrument has no tuning action
- 322.211: Instrument is diatonic
- 322.21: Instrument has no tuning action
- 322.2: Instrument has a pillar (frame harps)
- 322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)
- 32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument
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 harp, Paraguayan[1][2][3] Paraguay 322.211 Diatonic harp with 32, 36, 38 or 40 strings, made from tropical wood and with songs in the Guarani language, with an exaggerated neck-arch, played with the fingernail harp, Venezuelan[4] Venezuela 322.211 Diatonic harp, with an exaggerated neck arch, similar to the Paraguayan harp 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 (Galpin Society) 14: 3–29. doi:10.2307/842168. JSTOR 842168.
Notes
- ^ "The Harp: A Latin American Reinvention". BBC. July 6, 2001. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/010705_harps.shtml. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
- ^ Schechter, John M.; Daniel E. Sheehy and Ronald R. Smith (Spring - Summer 1985). "The New Grove: Latin America". Ethnomusicology (Society for Ethnomusicology) 29 (2): 317–330. doi:10.2307/852145. JSTOR 852145.
- ^ "Paraguayan Harp". Dolmetsch Online. http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsp.htm. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
- ^ Nidel, Richard (2005). World Music: The Basics. Routledge. pp. 349. ISBN 0-415-96800-3. "The cuatro rivals the harp as the national instrument"
Categories:- Lists of musical instruments
- 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments)
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