This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.211 under that system. These instruments are diatonic frame harps.
- 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
- 322.2: Instrument has a pillar (frame harps)
- 322.21: Instrument has no tuning action
- 322.211: Instrument is diatonic
These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.
List
editInstrument | Tradition | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | Description |
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harp, Paraguayan[1][2][3] |
Paraguay | 322.211 | Diatonic harp with 32, 36, 38 or 40 strings, made from tropical wood and with songs in the Guarani language, with an exaggerated neck-arch, played with the fingernail |
harp, Venezuelan[4] |
Venezuela | 322.211 | Diatonic harp, with an exaggerated neck arch, similar to the Paraguayan harp
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References
edit- 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. Galpin Society: 3–29. doi:10.2307/842168. JSTOR 842168.
Notes
edit- ^ "The Harp: A Latin American Reinvention". BBC. July 6, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
- ^ Schechter, John M.; Daniel E. Sheehy; Ronald R. Smith (Spring–Summer 1985). "The New Grove: Latin America". Ethnomusicology. 29 (2). Society for Ethnomusicology: 317–330. doi:10.2307/852145. JSTOR 852145.
- ^ "Paraguayan Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
- ^ Nidel, Richard (2005). World Music: The Basics. Routledge. pp. 349. ISBN 0-415-96800-3.
The cuatro rivals the harp as the national instrument