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      • Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie in 1914. An English translation was published in the Galpin Society Journal in 1961.
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  2. In the HornbostelSachs classification, idiophones are first categorized according to the method used to play the instrument. The result is four main categories: struck idiophones (11), plucked idiophones (12), friction idiophones (13) and blown idiophones (14).

  3. La classificazione Hornbostel-Sachs è il sistema più usato per classificare gli strumenti musicali in etnomusicologia ed organologia. Hornbostel e Sachs svilupparono le loro idee a partire da un sistema risalente al tardo XIX secolo, sviluppato da Victor-Charles Mahillon, curatore degli strumenti musicali presso il Conservatorio di Bruxelles ...

  4. Hornbostel-Sachs has dominated organological discourse and practice since its creation, and this article analyses the scheme’s context, background, versions and impact. The position of Hornbostel-Sachs in the history and development of instrument classification is explored.

  5. The HornbostelSachs system categorizes musical instruments by how they make sound. It divides instruments into five groups: idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, aerophones, and electrophones. A number of instruments also exist outside the five main classes. Main categories. List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number.

  6. Jan 17, 2019 · Espie Estrella. Updated on 01/17/19. The Sachs-Hornbostel system (or H-S System) is a comprehensive, global method of classifying acoustic musical instruments. It was developed in 1914 by two European musicologists, despite their own fears that such a systematic system was nearly impossible.

  7. Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. The MIMO (Musical Instrument Museums Online) project has created a single access point to digital content and information on the collections of musical instruments held in a consortium of European museums. Co-funded by the European Union through the ...

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