List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 322.12
This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.12 under that system. These instruments may be known as angular harps.
- 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
- 32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument
- 322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)
- 322.1: Instrument without a pillar (open harps)
- 322.12: Instrument has a neck that sharply angles away from the resonator (angular harps)
These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.
- 4: Hammers or beaters
- 5: Bare hands and fingers
- 6: Plectrum
- 7: Bowing
- 71: Using a bow
- 72: Using a wheel
- 73: Using a ribbon
- 8: Keyboard
- 9: Using a mechanical drive
List
Instrument |
Tradition |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification |
Description
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Assyrian harp
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Assyrian |
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Oldest-documented angular harp[1]
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Egypt |
322.12 |
Used in widely varying forms, though originally semi-circular and with five to seven strings, number of strings increased over time, while the size decreased[2][3]
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chang
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Persian |
322.12 |
Angular harp[2]
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trigonon
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Ancient Greek |
322.12 |
Angular harp[2]
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References
- Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson; János Harmatta; Boris Abramovich Litvinovskiĭ; Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1999). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. UNESCO. Motilal Banarsidass Publishing. ISBN 81-208-1596-3.
- Knight, Roderick (Winter 1985). Society for Ethnomusicology. "The Harp in India Today". Ethnomusicology. University of Illinois Press. 29 (1): 9–28. doi:10.2307/852322. JSTOR 852322.
- von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann". The Galpin Society Journal. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 14. 14: 3–29. doi:10.2307/842168. JSTOR 842168.
Notes
- ↑ Knight, pg. 9, Depictions of the Assyrian harp date to the second millennium BC.
- 1 2 3 Dani et al., pg. 588
- ↑ Gilman, Daniel Coit, Harry Thurston Peck and Frank Moore Colby (Eds.), eds. (1906). "Egyptian Music". The New International Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 712.
Although the harp always remained a national instrument, its popularity was later eclipsed by the lyre.
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322.1: Open | | |
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322.2: Frame | 322.21: w/o tuning |
- 322.211 Diatonic
- 322.212 Chromatic
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| 322.22: w/ tuning | |
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| 11. Struck |
- 111. Directly
- 111.1. Concussion
- 111.2. Percussion
- 112. Indirectly
- 112.1. Shaken/rattle
- 112.2. Scraped/rasp
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| 12. Plucked |
- 121. Frame
- 122. Comb
- 122.1. Lace
- 122.2. Cut out
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| 13. Friction |
- 131. Stick
- 132. Plaque
- 133. Vessel
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| 14. Blown | |
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| 21. Struck |
- 211. Directly
- 211.1. Bowl
- 211.2. Tubular
- 211.3. Frame
- 212. Shaken
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| 22. Plucked | |
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| 23. Friction |
- 231. Stick
- 232. Cord
- 233. Hand
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| 24. Kazoo |
- 241. Free
- 242. Tube/vessel
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| 31. Simple / zither |
- 311. Bar/stick
- 312. Tube
- 313. Raft
- 314. Board
- 315. Trough
- 316. Frame
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| 32. Composite | |
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| 41. Free |
- 411. Displacement
- 412. Interruptive
- 412.1. Idiophonic/reed
- 412.2. Non-idiophonic
- 413. Plosive
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