List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 312.22
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This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 312.22 under that system. These instruments are single-stringed heterochord musical bows with an attached resonator and a tuning noose.
- 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
- 31: Instruments which consist solely of a string bearer or a string bearer with a resonator that is not integral to the instrument
- 312: Instrument has a string bearer made of a vaulted surface (tube zithers)
- 312.2: Instrument has strings that are stretched across a convex gutter (half-tube zithers)
- 312.22: Instrument is a heterochord
These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.
- 4: Hammers or beaters
- 5: Bare hands and fingers
- 6: Plectrum
- 7: Bowing
- 71: Using a bow
- 72: Using a wheel
- 73: Using a ribbon
- 8: Keyboard
- 9: Using a mechanical drive
Instrument | Tradition | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | Description |
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ajaeng 아쟁, 牙箏 |
Korea | 312.22 | Half-tube zither with seven silk strings, played with a piece of forsythia wood |
Đàn tranh 檀箏 |
Vietnam | 312.22 | Wooden-bodied and steel-stringed zither |
gayageum[1][2] kayagum, kayago, kayagŭm, 가야금, 伽倻琴 |
Korea | 312.22-5 | zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings. |
geomungo komungo, kŏmun'go, hyeongeum, hyongum, hyŏn'gŭm |
Korea | 312.22 | Fretted zither |
guqin |
China | 312.22 | |
guzheng [3] zheng, gu-zheng |
China | 312.22-5 | Half-tube zither, rectangular with three sound holes on the bottom, now with twenty-one strings most typically, pentatonic tuning, strings are plucked by hand |
koto[4] |
Japan | 312.22 | Long and hollow thirteen-stringed instrument |
koto, 17-string |
Japan | 312.22 | 17-stringed koto |
se |
China | 312.22 | Ancient plucked instrument |
yazheng ya zheng, ya cheng |
China | 312.22 |
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References
- von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann". The Galpin Society Journal. 14. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 14: 3–29. doi:10.2307/842168. JSTOR 842168.
Notes
- ^ "Kayagum 3". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Kayagum". University of Washington Libraries. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Dong Yi in Zheng Recital at the Great Hall of the People". Link Chinese. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
As the most popular national instrument in China, zheng (also known as gu-zheng) is one of the eldest Chinese string instruments with a history of at least 2,500 years.
- ^ "Koto". Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 13, 2008.