Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

Percussion vessels
type: Concept
narrower: Percussion troughs
notation: 111.24

Percussion troughs
type: Concept
broader: Percussion vessels
definition: Wooden percussion vessels, owing to the solidity and elasticity of their substance, vibrate and radiate sound when struck with non-sonorous objects (hand, stick, striker) or against non-sonorous objects. The instruments have a wide longitudinal mouth. The player creates clearly defined individual strokes on the external surface of the instrument. Some forms of 'slit drum' such as Fijian lali where the whole 'mouth' is open.
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs
notation: 111.244