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+ Musical Instrument Categories Membranophone Chordophone Idiophone Aerophone Electrophone Website about the physics of sound:

+ Membranophone Sound is made by striking a ‘membrane’ or ‘skin’ stretched across an opening Examples: Various kinds of Drums

+ Aerophone Sound is made by vibrating air in a column or tube Examples: - air blows across the tube (traverse) flute, pop bottle, - whistle – recorder, bird calls - reed – clarinet, grass between your thumbs… kaan, mouth-organ - Double reed – oboe, bassoon - straw – (the L.U. Con-ed Vuvuzela!)

+ Idiophone Sound source is unique to the instrument – - Many kinds of percussion instruments - Stones, bones, - Sound can be caused by ‘striking’, ‘scraping’, twirling, - -- essentially causing air to vibrate around the instrument…or maybe within it… Waterphone, saw,

+ Chordophone Sound is made by a string (chord) drawn taught over or from a resonating surface. Chordophones can be plucked – banjo, guitar, harpsichord, UKULELE! etc. Struck – birmbau, dulcimer, clavichord, piano, Bowed – i.e. chord vibrates by causing FRICTION violin, viola, violincello, double bass, Also: tiger drum

+ Electrophone Sound is made through electronic means THERAMIN MOOG Synthesizer Mellotron elated elated Digital Synthesizer & MIDI

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