Hornbostel - Sachs
type: ConceptScheme

Sets of notch flutes or panpipes
type: Concept
narrower: Open sets of notch-flutes or panpipes
notation: 421.142

Open sets of notch-flutes or panpipes
type: Concept
broader: Sets of notch flutes or panpipes
definition: The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. The player creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air with his/her lips, blowing against the notch at the upper open end of a tube. Several notch flutes of different pitch are combined to form a single instrument. The lower ends of the pipes are open.
in scheme: Hornbostel - Sachs
notation: 421.142.1