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Idiophones

Scope note

Any instruments that yield sound by their own substance, being stiff and elastic enough to vibrate without requiring a stretched membrane or strings. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041646

Equivalent Terms used

idiophone

Created

13yrs ago

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