List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 112
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This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 112 under that system. These instruments are directly struck idiophones.
1: Idiophones. instrument in which the substance of the instrument itself produces sounds, without requiring stretched membranes or strings.
11: Struck idiophones. Instruments that produce sounds through vibration caused by percussion action - hitting, shaking, or scraping.
111: Directly struck idiophones. Instrument that is struck by a player directly; either by mechanical intermediate devices, beaters, keyboards, or by pulling ropes, etc.
112: Instrument that is not directly struck by a player; percussion results indirectly by some other movement by the player.
112.1 Shaken
Flexatone
Hosho
Jingle bells
Maracas
Rainstick
Tambourine
Vibraslap
112.2 Scraped
Güiro
Kagul
Washboard
12: Instruments set into vibration by plucking.
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