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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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... > Idiophones > Struck idiophones > Idiophones struck directly > Percussion idiophones > Percussion sticks > Sets of percussion sticks > Sets of percussion sticks with keyboard

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111.212-8Sets of percussion sticks with keyboard   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

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

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  • 111.212-8

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6419

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