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Idiophones > Friction Idiophones > Friction vessels > (Individual) friction vessels

Preferred term

133.1(Individual) friction vessels   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 friction. The vibrating material consists of an individual vessel. Brazil (tortoise shell). (en)

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Notation

  • 133.1

URI

http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/80

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