Friction idiophone

Friction idiophones is designation 13 in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These idiophones produce sound by being rubbed either against each other or by means of a non-sounding object. Instruments of this type are not very common; possibly the best known examples are the musical saw and the nail violin.

Friction sticks (131)

Main article: List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number

131.1 Individual friction sticks.

131.2 Sets of friction sticks.

• Nail violin
• Cristal baschet

131.21 Without direct friction.

131.22 With direct friction.

Friction plaques (132)

132.1 Individual friction plaques.

• Daxophone
• Musical saw
• Triolin

132.2 Sets of friction plaques.

Friction vessels (133)

133.1 Individual friction vessels.

• Rainstick

133.2 Sets of friction vessels.

• Glass harmonica
• Glass harp
• Terpodion
• Verrophone

See also

• Wind machine

References

• "Idiophone", Music.VT.edu at the Wayback Machine (archived October 17, 2012)
• "SVH Classification", Wesleyan.edu.