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Plucked idiophones

Scope note

Instruments in which elastic tongues or lamellae, fixed at one end, are vibrated either with the fingers or mechanically. MARCUS

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041649

Broader Terms used

idiophones

Narrower Terms used

lamellaphones

Equivalent Terms used

plucked idiophone

Created

13yrs ago

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