Intro Flashcards
What is Classical Music?
Art music tradition (patronage)
What is Popular Music?
Music for commercial appeal
What is folk music?
Music “of the people”
What are the categories of Hornbostel-Sachs?
Idiophone. Membranophone. Chordophone. Aerophone. Electrophone.
Define Idiophone.
Sound produced by vibrations of instrument itself.
Give examples of idiophones
Plucked: mbira, jews harp
Friction: singing bowl, glass armonica
Blown: very rare aeolsklavier
Define Membranophone
Sound produced by tightly stretched membrane
Give examples of Membranophones
Plucked: khamak (debatable)
Friction: cuica (brazil)
Singing: kazoos
Struck: timpani, bongo etc
Define Chordophone
Sound produced by vibration of strings stretched between two fixed points
Give examples of Chordophones
Guitar, harp, lute
Define Aerophone
Sound produced by vibration of air
Give examples of Aerophone
Flute, harmonica, accordion etc
Define electrophone
Sound produced electronically or through electronic amplification
