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APRIL 2018 -
SEXY GLAM
MAGAZINE -
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Exam-
ples of solid materials used
in such
instruments are stone, wood,
and metal. Idiophones are differentiated according to
the method used to make it vibrate.
•
Concussion—A pair of similar instruments are
struck together or struck against each other to create
sounds, such as cymbals and castanets
• Friction—Instruments that produce
sound when rubbed. An example
of these is musical glasses
in which the musician rubs
his
moistened fingers
on the rim of
the
glass-
es to
pro-
duce sound.
• Percussion—Musical instruments that produce
sound by striking or using a striker, such as xylo-
phones, triangles, bells, gongs, and steel drums
•
Plucked—Also
known as
linguaphones, these
are musical
instruments that
need to be
plucked to create
sound,
such as the
Jew’s harp
in which
the player
plucks the
“tongue” of the
instrument.
• Scraped—In-
struments that are
scraped to produce
sound. Examples of
these are cog rattles and washboards.
•
Shaken—Musical instruments that need to be
shaken to create sound, such as maracas , thought to
have been invented by native Indians of Puerto Rico.
•
Stamping—Instruments that produce sound
when stamped on a hard surface, such as the shoes
used by tap dancers or Irish clogs.
•
Stamped—When sound is produced by the
material itself that’s being stamped on.
Membranophones
Membranophones are musical instruments that use
vibrating stretched membranes or skin to produce
sound. Membranophones are classified according to
the shape of the instrument.
•
Kettle Drums—Also known as vessel drums,
these are
rounded at the bottom
and may
be tun-
able or
non-tun-
able. The
vibrating
mem-
brane is
laced,
nailed, or
glued to
the body
and the
player uses
his hands,
a beater,
or both to
strike it.
•
Tubular
Drums—Are
further classified into shapes including barrel, cylin