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| type of instrument classification that ethnomusicologists use today |
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| instrument with a vibrating string making the sound |
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| used to lift the string up over the body of the instrument |
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| intermediate bridge on a chordophone where the player can push down to change the length of the string |
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| collection of adjacent strings associated with a particular pitch |
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| chordophones with the strings parallel to a resonator that extends their entier length |
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| chordophones in which the strings are parallel to the body that holds them, with a resonator at one end |
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| chordophones where the strings are attached to a crossbar held up by two posts with a resonator at the bottom |
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| chordophones in which the strings are perpendicular to a resonator |
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| instrument where a column of air whithin the instrument makes the sound |
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| the player of instrument can use _____ by making the instrument vibrate in different frequencies in this series by increasing the air pressure |
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| a tecnhique where a player increases the air pressure in an instrument |
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| flat piece of wood used in aerophones that vibrates in the wind |
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| shape of an aerophone's tubing |
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| aerophones in which a stream of air is focused on a sharp edge |
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| aerophones in which two pieces of reed or other material are tied tightly together at the end of a tube, and when put under enough air pressure, begin to vibrate against eachother |
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| aerophone in which a flat piece of wood is tied to the mouthpiece of a tube and blown over, causing it to vibrate |
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| aerophones in which the player buzzes his lips into the end of a tube |
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| drums with some kind of skin or thin plastic tightlt stretched over a frame of resonator |
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| the skin or thin plastic that is stretched over a frame or resonator in a membranophone |
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| instruments in which entire body of the instrument vibrates when struck or rubbed or otherwise set in motion |
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