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Aerophones > Free aerophones > Displacement free aerophones

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411Displacement free aerophones   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The vibrating air is not confined by the instrument. The air-stream meets a sharp edge, or a sharp edge is moved through the air. In either case a periodic displacement of air occurs to alternate flanks of the edge. Whip, sword-blade. (en)

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Notation

  • 411

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/227

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