4. Understand the Hornbostel-Sachs
Classification of Musical
Instruments
In the present time, music studies introduce
the classification of musical instruments
called the Hornbostel-Sachs system. Erich
Moritz von Hornbostel (Austrian music
scholar) and Curt sachs (German
Organologist) devised a system for
classifying musical instruments and how do
5. IDIOPHONES
IDIOPHONES produce sound by the vibration of its body
caused by the way they are played such as being struck,
scraped, rubbed, shaken, rubbed or plucked
AEROPHONE
S
AEROPHONES produce sound primarily by causing a body of
air to vibrate because of the air blown inside
“HORNBOSTEL-SACHS CLASSIFICATION
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS”
6. CHORDOPHON
ES
CHORDOPHONES produce sound through its vibrating
string or strings that is either plucked, strummed or used
with a bow.
MEMBRANOPHON
ES
MEMBRANOPHONES produce sound primarily by way of a
vibrating stretched membrane tapped by hands or sticks
“HORNBOSTEL-SACHS CLASSIFICATION
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS”
ELECTROPHONES
ELECTROPHONES produce sounds which are generated by
electricity
7. 1. Why we need to know the musical
Classification of every musical
instruments?
2. How does these native people
preserve their songs especially in their
hometown?
ANALYSIS
9. APPLICATION
Identification / Classification:
Directions: Identify and classify the following instruments according to
Hornbostel- Sachs classification.
CHOICES: IDIOPHONES, AEROPHONES, CHORDOPHONES,
MEMBRANOPHONES, ELECTROPHONES
INSTRUMENTS NAME OF THE INSTRUMENTS HORNBOSTEL-SACHS
1.
2.
