List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 311.121.221

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This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 311.121.221 under that system. These instruments are single-stringed heterochord musical bows with an attached resonator but without a tuning noose.

3 : Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments).
31 : Instruments which consist solely of a string bearer or a string bearer with a resonator that is not integral to the instrument
311 : Instruments with a string bearer shaped like a bar, or consisting of a sideways board (bar zithers)
311.1 : Instruments with a flexible or curved string bearer
311.12 : Instruments with string made from a different material than the string bearer
311.121 : Instruments with only one heterochord string
311.121.2 : Instrument has a resonator
311.121.22 : Instrument has a resonator that is attached
311.121.221 : Instrument does not have a tuning noose

These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.

InstrumentTraditionHornbostel–Sachs classificationDescription
berimbau [1]
Brazil 311.121.222Single-stringed musical bow
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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. It is the most widely used system for classifying musical instruments by ethnomusicologists and organologists. The system was updated in 2011 as part of the work of the Musical Instrument Museums Online (MIMO) Project.

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  1. Graham, Richard (Spring–Summer 1991). "Technology and Culture Change: The Development of the "Berimbau" in Colonial Brazil". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana. Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 12, No. 1. 12 (1): 1–20. doi:10.2307/780049. JSTOR   780049. Although this metamorphosis insured the emerging berimbau a higher social status as a Brazilian national instrument.