534i3: Rubbed

With a rubbed idiophone, the sound is produced by rubbing a friction instrument with moistened finger (musical glasses), a moistened cloth (cuica), a stick, or a bow (musical saw). Also, a rubbed idiophone may involve rubbing similar objects together such as sticks or stones.

• Ocm module: Rubbed
• In ocm module: Idiophones
• 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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