534i: Idiophones

Idiophones are made of solid, non-stretchable, resonant material. It is this sonorous material itself which vibrates.

Idiophones are classified according to the ways they are made to produce sound.

To classify a specific idiophone, include information about other elements such as the following:

• The material from which it is made (wood, stone, metal, plants)
• Whether pitch or tuning is important
• Number of idiophones in a single instrument
• Whether it has one or more resonators

• 534i1: Struck together (concussion)
• 534i2: Struck
• 534i3: Rubbed
• 534i4: Scraped
• 534i5: Stamped
• 534i6: Shaken
• 534i7: Plucked

• Ocm module: Idiophones
• In ocm module: Musical instruments
• In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
• In bookshelf: Anthropology

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