friction idiophone
Illustration — Terpodion; sound produced by friction of wood or metal arms against a rotating cylinder • Illustration — Chladni plate example; sound produced by friction of the bow against a plate such as a metal rectangle Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the musical saw and the nail violin.
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Illustration — Terpodion; sound produced by friction of wood or metal arms against a rotating cylinder • Illustration — Chladni plate example; sound produced by friction of the bow against a plate such as a metal rectangle Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the musical saw and the nail violin.
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Friction sticks (131)
Friction sticks (131)
According to musicologist Curt Sachs:.. It is essential to distinguish between rubbing and scraping. The latter results in a series of beats cause by passing a stick over a notched surface; [whereas] friction is based on adhesion..On a higher level we find..the glass harmonica.
131.1 Individual friction sticks. 131.2 Sets of friction sticks. • Nail violin • Cristal baschet, preceded by the euphon 131.21 Without direct friction. 131.22 With direct friction.
Friction plaques (132)
Friction plaques (132)
132.1 Individual friction plaques. • Daxophone • Musical saw • Triolin • Turntable 132.2 Sets of friction plaques. • Clavicylinder
Friction vessels (133)
Friction vessels (133)
133.1 Individual friction vessels. • Rainstick • Singing Bowl • Ekola 133.2 Sets of friction vessels. • Glass harmonica • Glass harp • Terpodion/melodion • Verrophone
A sketch of an Ekola, a traditional friction idiophone instrument of the ovashengi Third Gender of the Ovambo People of Namibia, drawn from an instrument in the collection of the National Museum in Helsinki, Finland.
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- 1.Sachs, Curt (1940). The History of Musical Instruments, p.456-7. W. W. Nortan & Company, Inc.
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