HORNBOSTEL &

SACHS CLASSIFICATION OF

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

It is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz

vonwhich is the most widelyHornbostel and Curt

Sachsused system

forclassifying

musical

instrumentsby ethnomusicologists

and organologists (people who study musical instruments).

HOW TO IDENTIFY AN INSTRUMENT’S

CLASSIFICATION? - Know the source of the

sound or the part that vibrates to produce the

sound .

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES2. CHORDOPHONES3. AEROPHONES4. MEMBRANOPHONES

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Clave

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Maracas

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Guiro

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Glockenspiel

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Mbira

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:1. IDIOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

- sound is primarily produced by the body of the instrument

vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.

actual

In essence, this group includes all percussion instruments apart from drums, as well as some other instruments.

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?Guitar

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Harp

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Erhu

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Violin

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Gayageum

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Valiha

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONES

Which part of the instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Inanga

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:2. CHORDOPHONESWhich 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.

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. AEROPHONES Which part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Trumpet

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. AEROPHONES Which part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Shakuhachi

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. AEROPHONES Which part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Ocarina

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. AEROPHONES Which part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Tongali

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. AEROPHONES Which part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?Oboe

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.

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. MEMBRANOPHONESWhich part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Bodhran

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. MEMBRANOPHONESWhich part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?Tabla

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. MEMBRANOPHONESWhich part of the

instrument vibrates to

produce sound?

Darbuka

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:3. MEMBRANOPHONES Which part of the

instrument vibrates to produce sound?

Dabakan

FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS:4. MEMBRANOPHONESWhich 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.

SUMMARY

Membranophone

Idiophone

Chordophone

Aerophone

CLASSIFICATION

Vibration of a tightly stretched membrane or skin

Actual body of the instrument is vibratingVibrating string or strings Vibrating column of air

SOURCE OF SOUND