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Overview of the Knight Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs
(K-Rev) ©2015 Roderic Knight
IDIOPHONE
MEMBRANOPHONE
CHORDOPHONE
AEROPHONE
Y1 Concussion
M1 Struck
C1 Variable tension
A1 Ambient (Free)
11 Plaque
11 One head, open
11 No neck
11 Slicing
12 Bar
11.1 Vessel
12 Single neck
12 Beating (bull roarer)
13 Dish
11.11 Cylinder
13 Forked neck
13 Whip (sonic boom)
14 Vessel
11.12 Cone
11.13 Waisted
C2 Musical bow
A2 Blown
Y2 Struck
11.14 Barrel
21 Mouth resonated
21 Open
21 Plaque
11.15 Goblet
22 Gourd resonated
21.1 Edge
(flute)
22 Bar
11.16 Vase
21.11 Vessel
23 Vessel
11.17 (other shapes)
C3 Pluriarc
21.111 No duct
11.2 Frame
21.112 Duct
Y3 Stamped
11.21 Circular
C4 Harp
21.12 Vertical
31 Globe
11.22 Polygonal
41 Strings-over
21.121 No duct
32 Tube
12 One head, closed
41.1 Forked
21.122 Duct
12.1 Deep (vessel)
41.2 Spike
21.13 Oblique
Y4 Shaken
12.11 Cylinder
41.21 String holder
21.14 Transverse
41 Vessel
12.12 Kettle
41.22 Bridge harp
21.2 Chamber-duct
42 Sliding
12.13 Barrel
42 Strings in
21.21 Simple
43 Solid
12.2 Shallow (frame)
42.1 Arched
21.22 Vented
43.1 Sheet
13 Two heads
42.2 Angled
21.3 Corrugated pipe
43.2 Spring
13.1 Vessel
21.31 Twirled
44 Concussion
13.11 Cylinder
C5 Zither
21.32 Blown
45 Sympathetic
13.12 Cone
51 Stick or bar
21.4 Siren
(pulsated)
13.13 Hourglass
52 Tube
21.41 Disk
Y5 Scraped
13.14 Barrel
53 Raft
21.42 Fan
51 Organic
(wood, gourd)
13.15 Angular Barrel
54 Board
22 Reed
52 Manufact'd
(metal, etc.)
13.2 Frame
55 Box
22.1 Free (Hard)
56 Trough
22.2 Beating (Soft)
Y6 Friction
M2 Shaken
57 Harp zither
22.21 Normally open
61 Solid
21 External strikers
58 Frame
22.211 Conical bore
62 Vessel
21.1 Opp. hemispheres
22.211.1 Single reed
21.2 Hourglass
C6 Lute
22.211.2 Double reed
Y7 Plucked
21.3 Frame
61 Plucked
22.212 Cylindrical bore
71 Frame
22 Internal strikers
61.1 One piece
22.212.1 Single reed
72 Board
61.2 Multi-part
22.212.2 Double reed
M3 Friction
61.21 Neck attached
22.212.3 Free on pipe
Y8 Blown
31 One head
61.22 Spike
22.213 Mouthpiece only
81 Wood
32 Two heads
61.23 Half spike
22.22 Normally closed
82 Metal
62 Bowed
22.221 Split or crushed
M4 Sympathetic
62.1 One piece
22.222 Membrano reed
Y9 Deformed
62.2 Multi-part
22.3 Ribbon reed
91 Diaphragm
62.21 Neck attached
23 Lip reed
(trumpet)
92 Blade
62.22 Spike
23.1 Narrow compass
23.11 Fixed length
C7 Lyre
23.12 Variable length
71 Bowl
23.2 Wide compass
72 Box
23.21 Fixed length
23.22 Variable length
A3 Plosive
31 Closed
32 Open
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