An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow (as with aerophones)...

Struck idiophones is one of the categories of idiophones (that is, any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without...

Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed...

that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and chordophone. The percussion section of an...

strings. Idiophones set in motion by a percussion action: hitting, shaking, or scraping. Also see Struck idiophone. 111.1 Concussion Idiophones or clappers...

for classifying musical instruments, plucked idiophones. There are two main categories of plucked idiophones, those that are in the form of a frame (121)...

idiophone is one of the categories of musical instruments found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones...

includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones. Where an instrument...

played as a makeshift percussion instrument, or more specifically, an idiophone related to the castanets. They are played by hitting one spoon against...

stretched across the top of a true drum. It is classed instead as an idiophone in which the entire instrument vibrates. A slit drum is usually carved...