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Idiophones > Metal sheets > Directly struck metal sheet

Preferred term

152Directly struck metal sheet   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • The substance of the instrument itself, owing to its solidity and elasticity, vibrates and radiates sound. The instrument is made to vibrate by being struck directly. The vibrating material consists of a flexible sheet of metal. Theatrical thunder sheet played with a hammer. (en)

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Notation

  • 152

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6206

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