List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 322.221

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 322.221 under that system. These instruments are board zithers that use slats as resonators.

3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).

32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument

322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)

322.2: Instrument has a pillar (frame harps)

322.22: Instrument has tuning action

322.221: Instrument can be tuned with hand levers

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

List edit

Instrument	Tradition	Hornbostel–Sachs classification	Description
clárseach^[1]^[2] cláirsach (Scottish), cruit	Ireland	322.221	Polychord wire-strung harp with a fore-pillar

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

^ "News". The Historical Harp Society of Ireland. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The (Historical Harp Society of Ireland) was founded in 2002 to promote Ireland's forgotten national instrument, the wire-strung cláirseach: the historical harp of Ireland and the country's national emblem.
^ Patterson, Annie W. (July 1920). "The Folk-Music of Ireland: Its Past, Present, and Future Aspects". The Musical Quarterly. 6 (3): 455–467. doi:10.1093/mq/vi.3.455. (Ireland) traces the origin of its national instrument, which is also its heraldic emblem, to ancient Egypt.

[1] "News". The Historical Harp Society of Ireland. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The (Historical Harp Society of Ireland) was founded in 2002 to promote Ireland's forgotten national instrument, the wire-strung cláirseach: the historical harp of Ireland and the country's national emblem.

[2] Patterson, Annie W. (July 1920). "The Folk-Music of Ireland: Its Past, Present, and Future Aspects". The Musical Quarterly. 6 (3): 455–467. doi:10.1093/mq/vi.3.455. (Ireland) traces the origin of its national instrument, which is also its heraldic emblem, to ancient Egypt.

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