Membranophones

Japanese: membranophones
Membranophones

...For this reason, when classifying musical instruments in musical instrumentology or ethnomusicology, the Sachs-Hornbostel system proposed by Hornbostel and C. Sachs in their Taxonomy of Musical Instruments (1914) is used, rather than this three-part system. According to this system, all musical instruments are first classified into four types: idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, and aerophones, and each of these is further classified. However, weaknesses in this classification system have been pointed out, and various other methods have been devised.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "membranophones" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このため楽器学や民族音楽学で楽器を分類する場合は,この3分法でなく,通常ホルンボステルとC.ザックスが《楽器分類学》(1914)で提唱したザックス=ホルンボステル法と呼ばれる分類法を用いる。それによると,あらゆる楽器は,まず体鳴楽器idiophones,膜鳴楽器membranophones,弦鳴楽器chordophones,気鳴楽器aerophonesの4種類に分類され,それぞれがさらに細かく分類される。しかし,この分類法にも弱点が指摘されており,ほかにさまざまな方法が考案されている。…

※「membranophones」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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