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    Flutes are aerophones. An aerophone (/ ˈ ɛər oʊ f oʊ n /) is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones and membranophones), and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound (or ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DidgeridooDidgeridoo - Wikipedia

    A didgeribone, a sliding-type didgeridoo. The didgeridoo ( / ˌdɪdʒəriˈduː /; also spelt didjeridu, among other variants) is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing.

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  4. Aerophone Explained. An aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones and membranophone s), and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound (or idiophone s). [1]

  5. aerophone, any of a class of musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produces the initial sound. The basic types include woodwind, brass, and free-reed instruments, as well as instruments that fall into none of these groups, such as the bull-roarer and the siren.

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  6. Aerophones. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aerophones. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, aerophones are designated as '4'. 4: Instruments in which sound is produced through vibrating air (aerophone). This includes wind instruments and free-reed instruments.

  7. Edge-blown aerophones or flutes (421) The player makes a ribbon-shaped flow of air with his lips (421.1), or his breath is directed through a duct against an edge (421.2). Flute. 421.1 Flutes without duct - The player himself creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air with his lips.

  8. African music - Aerophones, Rhythms, Melodies: The archaic bull-roarer (a board attached by rope to a stick and whirled about in the air) survives in various localities, notably in southern Africa among the San and neighboring peoples. Of the wind instruments proper, the three main divisions—flutes, reed pipes, and trumpets—are all well represented, though the second of these is more ...

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