Idiophones are musical instruments
that generate sound through the vibration of the entire instrument. The
instrument class is huge and varied – it includes concussion idiophones
(instruments that are scraped or struck with a tool, such as a stick) as well
as idiophones that are plucked, such as the Jew’s harp. Here are some further
examples of idiophones:
- -Percussion instruments
– most instruments in the percussion category that are not drums fall into the
category of idiophones. Also called struck idiophones, the class includes
triangles, cymbals, xylophones, rattles, glockenspiels, bells, rattles and many
others; - -Plucked idiophones –
this is a category that includes a smaller number of instruments, such as the
Jew’s harp, the music box or the mbira (also called the lamellophone or the
thumb piano); - -Blown idiophones – this
is an even smaller category and includes instruments that are sounded by moving
air, such as aeolsklavier, a wind instrument similar to a harmonium; - -Friction idiophones –
these instruments generate sound when its parts are rubbed against each other
or against an object that does not produce sound itself. The musical saw is
probably the most commonly known example, but the class also includes the singing
bowl, an instrument widely used in Buddhist ceremonies and becoming
increasingly popular in the West, being used for inducing a meditative state of
mind.
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