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Compare several classification systems for musical instruments


Ba yin- metal-bell-chimes


stone- stone-chimes


ski- drums


vegetable- mouth organ


bamboo- flutes


wood- mouth organ


silk- zither


earth- ocarinas



associated with cardinal directions and seasons



India- vibrating body, vibrating membrane, vibrating string, and vibrating column of air



European- strings, winds, percussion, and keyboard



Mahillon/expanded by sach and hornbostal- idiophone, membranophone, chordophone, aerophone, and corpophone


1. Discuss several examples of musical instruments that have gender associations.

Bulgaria- Men play instruments


Powwow- no women because they are already being cleansed every month

Identify the sound ideal of several types of musical ensembles.

steel band- trinidad


berimbau- brazilian- spirit of rebellion and resistance; capoeira


 

steel band- trinidad


berimbau- brazilian- spirit of rebellion and resistance; capoeira


Discuss several examples of musical instruments with spiritual associations.

Kpelle- west africa; pottery and flutes to resemble voices of the gods



Buddhism- conch shell voice of buddha


Western- violin-devil; harp-angel


Mevlevi Sufis- ney (flute) in rituals


Hindu- mrdangam- associated with Ganesh

Identify the sound ideal of several types of musical ensembles.

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Heterogeneous

combining instruments of different timbres

homogeneous

ensemble with similar timbre

Concertina

free-reed aerophone in irish music 

free-reed aerophone in irish music

kabuki

Japanese theater

Japanese theater

kalimba

south african idiophone (thumb piano)

mrdangam drum

South indian barrel drum 

South indian barrel drum representing the Ganesh god in hinduism

ney

arabic flute 

arabic flute

pipa

chinese lute chordophone 

chinese lute chordophone

qanun

middle eastern box-zither chordophone 

middle eastern box-zither chordophone

siku

peruvian flute aerophone (pipe looking thing)

peruvian flute aerophone (pipe looking thing) Perú

sikuri

peruvian ensemble of sikuri

sitar

North Indian lute-type chordophone

sizhu

Chinese ensemble of string and winds

Chinese ensemble of string and winds

steel band

trinidad with metal pans

syakuhati

Japanese flue aerophone 

Japanese flue aerophone