Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Aerophones > Wind instruments proper > Edge instruments or flutes

Preferred term

421Edge instruments or flutes   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. A narrow stream of air is directed against an edge to excite a column of air in a tube or a body of air in a cavity. (en)

Broader concept

Notation

  • 421

URI

http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/247

Download this concept: