单词 | idiophone |
释义 | > as lemmasidiophone idiophone n. Brit. /ˈɪdɪə(ʊ)fəʊn/ , U.S. /ˈɪdiəˌfoʊn/ [ < idio- comb. form + -phone comb. form, after German Idiophon (1913; compare quot. 1913)] Music a percussion instrument that consists simply of material such as metal or wood that is itself capable of producing sound, as opposed to a membranophone n., in which stretched skin or similar is used as the agent of sound.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [noun] > type by sound production aerophone1927 autophone1937 chordophone1937 membranophone1937 idiophone1940 1913 C. Sachs Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente 195/1 Wir schlagen deshalb vor, dieser Klasse die Bezeichnung ‘Idiophone’, also ‘ihrer Natur nach klingende’ Instrumente zu geben.] 1940 C. Sachs Hist. Mus. Instruments 455 The first of the five main classes is called idiophones. 1971 Sci. Amer. Dec. 92/1 The instrument used to send messages in the Upper Congo is made solely of wood, and the entire instrument vibrates when it is struck. It is thus an idiophone, like metal gongs and the wood and metal bars of the xylophone and the glockenspiel. 2001 Toronto Star 12 Jan. b2/1 Idiophones, rhythmic instruments that resonate when struck—wooden or rock clappers, say—were probably the first musical instruments. < as lemmas |
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