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Musical glasses

Scope note

Sets of tuned glass vessels played by rubbing or, more rarely, striking, producing sounds like bowed stringed instruments.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300042572

Broader Terms used

friction idiophones

Narrower Terms used

armonicas

Term used for

glasses, musical

Created

13yrs ago

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