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This is a glossary of idiophones.
See also the glossary of musical instrument classification (organology).
- altar bellcite • discuss
- A set of bells used in Christian worship, especially Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists and Anglicans.
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- bellcite • discuss • Wikipedia
- A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- Synonym: chime
- Types: carillon, singing bowl, tubular bells, mark tree, wind chime, cowbell, ring of bells, altar bell, bianzhong, bianqing, skrabalai, suzu, kane, bonshō, ghanta, sleigh bell
- Manufacture: bellfounding, bellmaking
- Notes: In the context of Western music and without additional information, the plain word bells most commonly refers to the tubular bells set.
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- bell treecite • discuss
- A vertical arrangement of nested metal bowls played by sliding a striker along the outer edges.
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- bianqingcite • discuss
- A set of qing, or flat stone chimes, usually L-shaped, strung in a wooden frame and struck with a mallet, of ancient Chinese origin.
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- bonshōcite • discuss
- A very large bell used in Buddhist temples in Japan to mark time and call monks in for prayer.
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- cajóncite • discuss
- A hexagonal, box-like percussion instrument of Peruvian origin.
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- carilloncite • discuss
- A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
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- castanetscite • discuss • Wikipedia
- A pair of concave shells attached with a string so they can be struck together, originating around the Mediterranean.
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- chekerécite • discuss
- A type of shekere, or a gourd with a net interwoven with beads strerched over it, used as a rattle, and originating in Cuba.
- Synonym: chequere, guiro, aggué
- Note: In English, the word guiro most often refers to a type of rattle. In the context of Cuban music, however, it can be ambiguous.
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- church bellcite • discuss
- A bell (often more than one) belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.
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- clappercite • discuss
- A percussion instrument consisting of two long solid pieces that are struck together.
- The term clapper can also refer to the very similar instrument otherwise known as a whip or a slapstick.
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- clavescite • discuss
- a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other.
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- crotalescite • discuss
- A percussion instrument of archaic origin, resembling a metal castanet or cymbal.
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- cymbalscite • discuss
- A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
- Types: crash cymbals, clash cymbals, Bell cymbal, China cymbal, crash/ride cymbal, finger cymbal, flat ride cymbal, hi-hat, ride cymbal, sizzle cymbal, splash cymbal, swish cymbal, taal, manjira, effects cymbal
- Performer: cymbalist
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- dayerehcite • discuss
- A frame drum decorated with musical jingles, of Central and Southwest Asian origin.
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- devil chasecite • discuss
- An idiophone made from a split stalk of bamboo struck against a performer's hand, originating in South Asia.
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- dhantalcite • discuss
- A percussion instrument consisting of a steel rod that is struck by a beater, of Caribbean origin.
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- flexatonecite • discuss
- A sheet of flexible metal suspended in a wire frame and with a handle attached, used mainly to produce a glissando effect.
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- frottoircite • discuss
- A piece of metal with a series of ridges or corrugations on the surface, essentially a washboard without the frame, and characteristic of zydeco music.
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- glass harmonicacite • discuss
- A series of glass bowls whose size vary so as to produce specified tones when manipulated with friction.
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- gong chimecite • discuss
- A set of bossed bell-like musical instruments held in a rectangular or circular frame, used in large ensembles throughout southeast Asia.
- Synonyms: gong circle (only used if the frame is circular), kulintang, calculintang kolintang, kulintangan or gulintangan (Sabah and the Sulu Archipelago), totobuang (central Maluku), kolintang (Maranao)
- Notes: The word kulintang is, in English, most precisely a type of ensemble that uses gong chimes, as well as the style of music performed by that ensemble, but the word sometimes refers to the instrument itself. In native languages of the area, the terminology is reversed: kulintang is most properly the name of the instrument (in the Maguindanao, Ternate and Timorese languages); the ensemble and its musical style are called basalen or palabunibunyan in Maguindanao.
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- guirocite • discuss
- A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.
- Note: The word guiro is more rarely used as a synonym for the Cuban instrument otherwise known as the chekeré, a type of shekere.
- Synonyms:
- ralabazo, guayo, güiro, ralladera, rascador, rayo, güira: (Cuba)
- guayo, güiro, candungo, carracho, guicharo: (Puerto Rico)
- guira: (Dominican Republic)
- guacharacha: (Colombia)
- Types: reco-reco (Brazil)
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- Jew's harpcite • discuss
- A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.
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- mbiracite • discuss
- Any of several musical instruments, similar to a marimba, having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs.
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- music boxcite • discuss
- A mechanical instrument that creates sound with a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc so as to pluck the tuned lamellae (teeth) of a steel comb.
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- nail violincite • discuss
- A wooden soundboard with metal nails attached, tuned to produce notes when played with a bow.
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- reco-recocite • discuss
- A scraped percussion instrument originating in Brazil; it was traditionally a wood or bamboo cylindrical body with notches, played like a guiro, but more modern instruments are metal boxes with springs for notches, and played with a metal stick.
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- skrabalaicite • discuss
- A set of tuned wooden bells of Lithuanian origin, held in trapezoidal racks with several vertical rows, and played by a pair of wooden sticks.
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- slapstickcite • discuss
- A percussion instrument consisting of two wooden boards attached with a hinge and struck together to produce sound.
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- steel tongue drumcite • discuss
- An idiophone made from a hollowed-out propane tank whose bottom has been removed and some tongue-like projections radiating into the opening; the tone is changed by altering the tongues' size or adding a weight to them, and the instrument is played by striking with the fingers or a mallet.
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- steelpancite • discuss
- A percussion instrument made from a steel drum, originally from Trinidad.
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- suzucite • discuss
- A round bell filled with pellets to make sound when it is rung, used in the music of Shinto shrines in Japan.
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- tubular bellscite • discuss
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes that are struck with a mallet.
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- vibraslapcite • discuss
- A U-shaped piece of wire that connects a wood box to a ball filled with metal teeth, which acts as a resonator when the ball is struck against a surface (often the performer's hand).
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- washboardcite • discuss
- A rectangular board with a series of corrugations, originally intended for washing clothes but now mainly in use in the Western world as a musical instrument.
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- wind chimecite • discuss
- A set of suspended chimes meant to be played by the wind, usually placed outside of a home for ornamentation.
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- wood blockcite • discuss
- A piece of wood carved into a slit drum and used as a simple percussion instrument.
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- xylophonecite • discuss
- A percussion idiophone consisting of wooden bars struck with mallets.
- Note: The word xylophone is sometimes used as a general category for all percussion idiophones of this type, such as the marimba and balafon. In other contexts, such as orchestral music, these words refer to very distinct instruments.
- Performer: xylophonist
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