534a: Aerophones

534a: Aerophones

Description
	Aerophones, or wind instruments, produce sound by the vibration of air. The air may or may not be confined in the instrument.
	Aerophones are classified according to how the air is set in motion, which has to do with the kind of mouthpiece used:
	Blow hole Whistle Single reed Double reed Lip vibrated
	Most aerophones are harmonic, meaning they produce a definite pitch. Free aerophones produce an indefinite pitch.

Subcategories
	Here are the 534a: Aerophones subcategories:
	534a1: End-blown flute 534a2: Side-blown flute 534a3: Nose flute 534a4: Globular flute 534a5: Multiple flutes 534a6: Panpipes 534a7: Whistle mouthpiece 534a8: Single reed 534a9: Double reed 534a10: Air chamber 534a11: Lip vibrated (trumpet or horn) 534a12: Free aerophone

Context for this page:

Ocm module: Aerophones
In ocm module: Musical instruments
In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
In bookshelf: Anthropology

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