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AEROPHONE

An aerophone (/ˈɛəroʊfoʊn/) is any musical instrument that produces sound


primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or
membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding
considerably to the sound.

CHORDOPHONE
A chordophone is a musical instrument that makes sound by way of a
vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. It is one of the four
main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of
musical instrument classification.

MEMBRANOPHONE
A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound
primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. It is one of the four
main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of
musical instrument classification.

IDIOPHONE
An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the
instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings or membranes. It
is the first of the four main divisions in the original Hornbostel–Sachs
scheme of musical instrument classification.

ELECTROPHONE
An electrophone is any musical instrument that produces sound primarily
by electrical means. It is one of the five main categories in the 1961 revision
of the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification
(though it was not included in the original scheme published in 1914).

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