Idiophones
Category of musical instruments in which the generator of sound is the object itself.
Idiophones consist of a resonant solid material such as wood, metal, or stone. Basic types of idiophones include:
– Struck Directly or Indirectly
– Plucked – often referred to as “lamellophones”
– Friction – when both objects are sonorous
Idiophone is one of the four main categories in the original Erich von Hornbostel – Curt Sachs scheme of musical
instrument classification.
