534e: Electrophones

534e: Electrophones

Description

This category is not part of the Sachs--Hornbostel system, but has been added to classify instruments where the acoustical vibrations are produced by electric or electronic means.

Examples:

Here are some examples of electrophones:

electric guitars
keyboards
synthesizers

Context for this page:

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

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 21 March 1999