Friction idiophone
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Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the musical saw and the nail violin.
According to musicologist Curt Sachs:[1]
... It is essential to distinguish between rubbing and scraping. The latter results in a series of beats cause by passing a stick over a notched surface; [whereas] friction is based on adhesion....On a higher level we find...the glass harmonica.
Friction sticks (131)
131.1 Individual friction sticks.
131.2 Sets of friction sticks.
- Nail violin
- Cristal baschet, preceded by the euphon
131.21 Without direct friction.
131.22 With direct friction.
Friction plaques (132)
132.1 Individual friction plaques.
- Daxophone
- Musical saw
- Triolin
- Turntable
132.2 Sets of friction plaques.
- Clavicylinder
Friction vessels (133)
133.1 Individual friction vessels.
- Rainstick
- Singing Bowl
- Ekola
133.2 Sets of friction vessels.
- Glass harmonica
- Glass harp
- Terpodion/melodion
- Verrophone
See also
References
- "Idiophone", Music.VT.edu at the Wayback Machine (archived October 17, 2012)
- "SVH Classification", Wesleyan.edu.
Notes
- ^ Sachs, Curt (1940). The History of Musical Instruments, p.456-7. W. W. Nortan & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-393-02068-1
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