1. CLASSIFICATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
HORNBOSTEL
&
SACHS
CLASSIFICATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

2. which is the most widely used system for
It is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von
HOW TO IDENTIFY AN INSTRUMENT’S CLASSIFICATION?
Hornbostel
and Curt Sachs
which is the most widely
used system for
classifying musical instruments
- Know the source of the sound or the part that vibrates to produce the sound .
by ethnomusicologists and organologists (people who study musical instruments).

3. Four main Classifications:
1. Idiophones
2. chordophones
3. aerophones
4. membranophones

4. Clave Four main Classifications: 1. Idiophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
1. Idiophones
Clave

5. Maracas Four main Classifications: 1. Idiophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
1. Idiophones
Maracas

6. Guiro Four main Classifications: 1. Idiophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
1. Idiophones
Guiro

7. Glockenspiel Four main Classifications: 1. Idiophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
1. Idiophones
Glockenspiel

8. Mbira Four main Classifications: 1. Idiophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
1. Idiophones
Mbira

9. Four main Classifications:
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
1. Idiophones
actual
body of the instrument vibrating,
- sound is primarily produced by the
rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.
In essence, this group includes all percussion instruments apart from drums, as well as some other instruments.

10. Guitar Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
2. chordophones
Guitar

11. Harp Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
2. chordophones
Harp

12. Erhu Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
2. chordophones
Erhu

13. Violin Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
Violin

14. Gayageum Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
2. chordophones
Gayageum

15. Valiha Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
2. chordophones
Valiha

16. Inanga Four main Classifications: 2. chordophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
2. chordophones
Inanga

17. Four main Classifications:
2. CHORDophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
- sound is primarily produced by the
vibration of a string or strings.
This group
includes all instruments generally called string instruments in the west, as well as many (but not all) keyboard instruments, such as pianos and harpsichords.

18. Trumpet Four main Classifications: 3. aerophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
3. aerophones
Trumpet

19. Shakuhachi Four main Classifications: 3. aerophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
3. aerophones
Shakuhachi

20. Ocarina Four main Classifications: 3. aerophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
3. aerophones
Ocarina

21. Tongali Four main Classifications: 3. aerophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
3. aerophones
Tongali

22. Oboe Four main Classifications: 3. aerophones
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
3. aerophones
Oboe

23. Four main Classifications:
3. AEROPHONES
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
- sound is primarily produced by the
vibrating air.
The instrument itself does
not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membrane.

24. Bodhran Four main Classifications: 3. MEMBRANOPHONES
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
Bodhran

25. Tabla Four main Classifications: 3. MEMBRANOPHONES
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
Tabla

26. Darbuka Four main Classifications: 3. MEMBRANOPHONES
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
Darbuka

27. Dabakan Four main Classifications: 3. MEMBRANOPHONES
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
Dabakan

28. Four main Classifications:
4. MEMBRANOPHONES
Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?
- sound is primarily produced by the
vibration of tightly stretched membrane.
This group includes all drums covered with animal skin.

29. SUMMARY CLASSIFICATION SOURCE OF SOUND Idiophone Chordophone Aerophone
Actual body of the instrument is vibrating
Chordophone
Vibrating string or strings
Aerophone
Vibrating column of air
Membranophone
Vibration of a tightly stretched membrane or skin