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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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... > Idiophones > Struck idiophones > Idiophones struck directly > Percussion idiophones > Percussion plaques > Sets of percussion plaques

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111.222Sets of percussion plaques   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • Instruments in the form of sets of plaques, owing to the solidity and elasticity of their substance, vibrate and radiate sound when struck either with non-sonorous objects (hand, stick, striker) or against non-sonorous objects. Several percussion plaques of different pitches are combined to form a single instrument. The player creates clearly defined individual strokes. Lithophone (China), and most metallophones. (en)

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  • 111.222

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/18

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