Types of Musical Instruments Explained
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ScribdTranslationsMUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
A musical instrument is an object
composed of the combination of one or
more resonant systems and the media
for its vibration, built for the purpose
to reproduce sound in one or more tones
that can be combined by a
interpreter to produce music. In the end,
anything that produces sound
it can be used as a musical instrument,
but the expression him reservation
generally, to those objects that
they have that specific purpose.
They established four main classes or categories of musical instruments.
the one that subsequently added a fifth), which in turn are divided into groups and
subgroups, according to the mode of generation of
sound
Idiophones
They are those instruments in which the sound
it proceeds from a solid body and is generated by
vibration of the instrument itself through
percussion, friction, or pulsation, as in the
case of the keys, xylophone, bell.
A drum.
Membranophones
Membranophones are those in which the sound
is generated by the vibration of a membrane by
percussion or friction, as is the case with the timpani, drum,
conga.
Aerophones
They are called wind instruments, where the
sound is generated by the vibration of air, due to the
rose with a tongue, lips, or vocal cords, like
it is in the case of the flute, trumpet, saxophone.
String instruments
They are the so-called string instruments, where the
sound is generated by the vibration of a string
through percussion, rubbing, or pinching, like
in the case of the harp, guitar, violin, piano.
SOUND TOOLS
Sound instruments are tools that produce sounds or noise designed and
built by the Guatemalan composer and musician Joaquín Orellana in
response to your search for new timbral elements based on manufacturing
of unpublished musical instruments (de Gandarias, 1988).
Some of Orellana's compositions for his sound tools include: Cantata
dialéctica (1974), Primitiva grande (1975), Tzulumanachí (1978), Santanadasatan
(1981), Hybrid at Pressure (1982), Deep Evocation and Translations of a
marimba (1984) (Cofiño, 1998).
For Joaquín Orellana, a sound tool is not a musical instrument in itself and
It can be as simple as touching two stones or two seashells.
small. "The purpose of sound tools is to imagine a sound and give it form, its
"origin is of an idealistic musical tint," J. Orellana (personal communication)
September 28, 2011.
The first sound instruments were derived from the marimba because Orellana
He realized that the marimba is a constant in the Guatemalan soundscape.
but the marimba has a merely ornamental role in regional pieces and
misconceptions like when they are accompanied by saxophones and trumpets. All that pushes away
the attention of the marimba. That is why I thought of idealizing the marimba
building sound tools derived from this, always respecting its sound
basic, that of the percussion tablet,” J. Orellana (personal communication, September
28, 2011.
SOUND TOOLS
Bazukimba Periomim
Burbuxá Fer Clamp
CF Sine wave
Circum Sonarimba
Cirlum Teclambor
Fléxim Tecoclac
Frobui Tortucirs
Herroim Turtlestri
Imbaluna Troam
Impomperia Tubarc
Wave I Howling