EFFICIENTLY Classify Musical Instruments: The Hornbostel-Sachs System
The Hornbostel-Sachs is a system of classifying instruments devised by German musicologists Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs. It was derived from Victor Mahillon’s earlier system which was expanded by defining the sub-categories and adding the Electrophone as its 5th category.
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01:08 Aerophones
01:58 Chordophones
02:45 Membranophones
03:23 Idiophones
03:58 Electrophones